Sacramento Meditations, Part I. Who Damned All the Rivers - Outtake, 1976-77

I. WHO DAMMED ALL THE RIVERS
DYKING CHANNELING PUMPING THE WA-
TERS DIVERTING THE FLOW OF THE SAN
JOAQUIN AT FRIANT AND THE SACRAMENTO
AT THE DELTA LIMITING THE FLUSHING
OF THE DELTA AND THE BAYS CRISSCROSSING
THE CENTRAL VALLEY WITH DITCHES AND
CANALS

WHO DAMMED ALL THE RIVERS AND MOST OF
THE CREEKS THAT FLOW INTO THE DELTA AND
THE BAYS

WHO DAMMED THE SACRAMENTO
THE TRINITY THE MCCLOUD THE PITT
FALL CREEK HAT CREEK COW CREEK
STONY CREEK BATTLE CREEK PUTAH
CREEK BUTT CREEK

WHO DAMMED THE FEATHER ON THE NORTH
FORK THE SOUTH FORK THE WEST BRANCH
AND ALL THE BRANCHES OF THE YUBA AND THE
BEAR

WHO DAMMED OREGON CREEK CANYON
CREEK FRENCH DRY CREEK THE SOUTH
FORK AND THE MIDDLE FORK OF THE AMERICAN

WHO DAMMED THE RUBICON BRUSH
CREEK SILVER CREEK TELLS
CREEK GERLE CREEK DRY CREEK
AND MOKELUMNE THE STANISLAUS
THE TUOLUMNE ANGEL CREEK CHERRY CREEK
SULLIVAN CREEK DAMMING AND REDAMMING
THE MERCED THE SAN JOAQUIN THE
KINGS THE KAWEAH THE KERN