Best of Insight: New State Park Dos Rios | Pet Blood Bank | American River Trail Guide ‘Mildly Scenic’

Insight With Vicki Gonzalez

Best of 2024: California’s newest state park Dos Rios in Stanislaus County. Also, the UC Davis veterinary school has a blood bank for pets and livestock. Finally, a trail guide for the Lower American River.

New State Park Dos Rios

California's newest state park Dos Rios opened this summer in Stanislaus County. Located along the Tuolumne and San Joaquin rivers about eight miles west of Modesto, it's the first state park acquired since 2014. California State Parks Director Armando Quintero joined Insight with more about what the public can expect to see, what is still being developed, the input from tribal communities, as well as how this floodplain restoration project will restore habitat for threatened and endangered wildlife.

Pet Blood Bank

The UC Davis Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital is meeting the growing need for animal blood donations, providing hundreds of transfusions every year through its Transfusion Medicine Service. It also gives dog owners a chance to give back through its Canine Community Blood Donor Program. Dr. Kate Farrell is the Assistant Director of the Blood Bank and Transfusion Medicine Service, and explained how both programs operate - as well as how interested canine donors can get involved.

American River Trail Guide ‘Mildly Scenic’

The Lower American River is the most heavily used recreation river in California. Spanning 23 miles from the confluence with the Sacramento River to Nimbus Dam, it is a federally designated Wild and Scenic River. But with many entry points across Sacramento County it can take time to know which ones best suit your needs. Ashley Langdon has made that journey more accessible, writing a book called Mildly Scenic: A Trail Guide to Sacramento's Lower American River.