Friends of the River was founded in 1973 by Mark Dubois and Jerry Meral during the struggle to save the Stanislaus River from New Melones Dam. Some believe that the campaign to save the Stanislaus Riv
New Melones Dam is an earth and rock filled embankment dam on the Stanislaus River, about 5 miles west of Jamestown, California, United States, on the border of Calaveras County and Tuolumne County. T
Friends of the River
…Friends of the River was founded in 1973 by Mark Dubois and Jerry Meral during the struggle to save the Stanislaus River from New Melones Dam. Some believe that the campaign to save the Stanislaus River marked the end of massive dam building in the United States, making the Stanislaus River…
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New Melones Dam and Lake, looking north
The original Melones Dam
Kayakers in the Stanislaus at Bailey Falls, one of the normally flooded areas above Parrott's Ferry Bridge. This area was briefly exposed during drought in 2014 which lowered the lake level.