Could this $36 million Central Valley river restoration project help with California s droughts?
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Julie Rentner, president of River Partners, visits Dos Rios Ranch in Modesto, where a floodplain is being restored.Yalonda M. James / The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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Dos Rios Ranch seeks to re-establish a natural floodplain with many water-saving and flood-diversion benefits.Yalonda M. James/The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
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The Tuolumne River will flood this plain at the Dos Rios Ranch in Modesto.Paul Kuroda/Special to The ChronicleShow MoreShow Less
MODESTO As California enters what could be a record-breaking drought, a just-completed nine-year floodplain restoration project at the confluence of the San Joaquin and Tuolumne rivers offers an ambitious attempt at one mitigation solution.