1. Pristine Waterscape Southern California Largest lake in state was Tulare Lake

5. Other large lakes Buena Vista and Kern—and overflow lands

7. California contained over 5 million acres of wetlands—mainly in the Central Valley.

8. Flowing artesian well

9. Deciduous Riparian Forest

10. Oak savanna

11. Coastal Salt Marsh

12. Los Angeles ca. 1850

13. Pristine Waterscape Southern California Owens Lake was a saline lake east of the Sierra Nevada mountains

14. Ships crossed the lake carrying gold ore to the railroads

17. Pristine Waterscape Southern California Today, the largest lake in California is the Salton Sea. It existed as the dry Salton Sink prior to 1906

21. 1960’s Today

22. Pristine Waterscape Northern California

23. California Wild & Scenic Rivers

24. San Joaquin River flows restricted by irrigation dams

26. Lack of flushing by flood waters leads to saline soils

27. Bay Area and Delta 200,000 acres of coastal marshes along SF bay—only 35,000 left now

29. Missions were located near water and an abundant supply of native “heathen” who would work on canals and irrigation

30. Four presidios were expected to grow own food and clothing as well as carry out military duties.

31. Three pueblos were established and expected to provide provisions for the presidios as well as themselves LA in 1850

32. Crumbling Mission San Juan Capistrano in 1880

33. US invasion of Mexico at San Pascual (1846)