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KERN RIVER PARKWAY FOUNDATION  A non-profit 501 3 (c) organization

        The official website for the Kern River Parkway,  Bakersfield,  California.



The KERN RIVER PLAN of 1985 is the guiding document for the Kern River Parkway;  a pdf of this document is online.
Also available online is the Kern River Parkway Plant List.
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For more information on the new Uplands Project:

 The Uplands Project and the Parkway
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New river park aims to attract visitors, wildlife

MISSION STATEMENT:

THE KERN RIVER PARKWAY FOUNDATION HAS AS ITS PURPOSE TO RESTORE, PRESERVE, AND IMPROVE THE LOWER KERN RIVER THROUGH    BAKERSFIELD
AND TO ESTABLISH  AND MAINTAIN A RIVER CORRIDOR SYSTEM OF PUBLICALLY ACCESSIBLE RIVER WATER,  RIVER TRAILS, PARKS, AND NATIVE FLORA AND FAUNA TO BE CALLED "THE KERN RIVER PARKWAY" FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE CITIZENS OF BAKERSFIELD AND KERN COUNTY.



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DID YOU KNOW THAT ---

The  Kern River Parkway connects:

8 Bakersfield City parks:
Beach Park
Yokuts Park
 Park at River Walk
River Oaks Park
Aera Park
Truxtun Lake Park
Kern River Uplands Park
San Miguel Grove
Upland Park (New, 2011)
4  Kern County parks/park complexes:
Buena Vista Aquatic Recreation Area 
Panorama Park on top of the Bluffs
Metro Recreational Center (Sam Lynn Baseball Park,  Little League Baseball field,  Stramler Park)
Kern River County Park Complex ( Hart Park, Soccer Park, CALM, Kern River Golf Course and Lake Ming)
 1  North of the River Recreation and Park District park:
Riverview Park

AND THAT:
  • 3 pedestrian, equestrian, and bicyle trails run through the Parkway:
Path

  • The 32-mile Kern River Bike Trail (from Enos Lane to Lake Ming)
  • a horse trail, also 32 miles long, including trails within the Panorama Vista Preserve
  • the Hoey Jogging Trail,  1 1/2 miles long from Yokuts Park to/around Truxtun Lake.





  •   Panorama Vista Preserve (ca. 1000 acres) also lies within the Parkway and is located below the Bluffs on both sides of the river;   the Preserve is open to the public although it is privately-owned land.   ( It is not part of the county Panorama Park above on the Bluffs.)
  • Over all, the Parkway encompasses 1400 acres of wetland preserves and natural riparian areas for a total of 6,000 acres of public space.  This includes the Water Recharge/Wildlife Natural Area west of town.

   

It is important to remember that the Parkway consists not only of natural habitat and primary floodplain, but also areas of secondary floodplain, river buffer zones, groomed or loosely-groomed parks, and paved/unpaved trails.  There are also several hundred acres of areas outside of the floodways, such as River Walk, shopping, the Kern County Museum, restaurants, recharge zones, baseball fields and soccer fields.  See the tables on this page for more features of the Parkway.  All of the above lie within the Parkway Plan and Corridor and should be planted with appropriate California Native Trees. 
                                                                                    --  Rich Oneil, charter member of the Kern River Parkway Foundation.


Kern River Parkway Foundation,

P.O. Box 1602, Bakersfield, CA  93302


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Revegetating the Parkway

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FISHING AT HART PARK

Bobcat and Rabbit
BOBCAT AND RABBIT

Soccer park
SOCCER PARK EAST OF HART PARK

On the Bike Path
ON THE BIKE PATH

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WHITE EGRET

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REVEGETATING WITH NATIVE TREES
(Panorama Vista Preserve)