Truckee River just past peak flow, kayakers frolic

by Brian Bahouth

By Brian Bahouth ● Climate ● May 3, 2019 March 17, 2023

John Garee in the Truckee River - image - Brian Bahouth

Reno – The Truckee river is full, cold and moving fast, and even though it is now on the gradual, seasonal decline in its flow rate from the peak around April 9, the Whitewater Park in downtown Reno and the Truckee River in general is a destination for kayakers across the west at this time of year. Every day this week boaters played in the curls on either side of Wingfield Park.

John Garee and Jenna Stehney played in the Truckee River on the south side of Wingfield Park.

Jenna Stehney and John Garee boated in the Truckee River in the Whitewater Park in downtown Reno on May 3, 2019. Stehney and Garee are from Los Angeles – image – Brian Bahouth

The Truckee River flow peaked on April 9 – image – US Geological Survey

John Garee was doing rolls.

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Brian Bahouth

Brian has been a public media producer for the better part of 25 years. He has been news director at three public radio stations, KRZA serving Alamosa, Colorado and Taos, New Mexico, KUNR in Reno, KVMR in Nevada City, California, and Brian was a co-founder of KNVC community radio in Carson City, 95.1 FM. He has reported for Capital Public Radio, Nevada Public Radio, and has filed numerous reports for the Pacifica Network News and National Public Radio. He holds a BA in English from LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York, and an MA in English from the University of Nevada Reno. Brian is a veteran of the sea-going US Navy, ‘79-’85. He and his wife have lived in Reno since 1999.

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Brian Bahouth

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