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Could this $36 million Central Valley river restoration project help with California s droughts? FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 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 2of3 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 3of3 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. ....