Photo A

For up to fourteen thousand years, indigenous people have pecked out the earliest version of the photograph for spiritual ceremonies.

Little Petroglyph Canyon, China Lake

6 November 2005

Photo B

Johnsondale Bridge over the North Fork of the Kern River

9 August 2004

Photo C

The Andrew Brown Mill has been a fixture along the South Fork of the Kern since 1878.

Audubon's Kern River Preserve

21 June 2006

Photo D

Careless trash burning caused the Cottonwood Fire

Kelso Valley

5 Aug 2006

Photo E

Fishing!!!

North Fork Kern River

7 July 2007

Photo F

Kayak Race Practice

Miracle Hot Springs - Lower Kern River

24 August 2005

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