It's called the Water Shed. It has opened its visitor center doors on Main Street in Groveland to educate people on watershed issues. The center is operated by the Tuolumne River Preservation Trust, a non profit organization that focuses attention on both the Tuolumne and the Clavey River watersheds.

Center manager Charles Little tells us that with a successful battle to keep a dam from being built on the Clavey on its resume, the group decided the next step should be to help the public understand what Clavey and Tuolumne River watershed protection is all about. ...Hence the center.

The Groveland center is open Thursday from noon to 7pm and Friday, Saturday & Sunday from 10am to 7pm and features extensive educational displays on the natural and human history of watersheds.

Additionally the Water Shed has inaugurated an impressive series of field trips. Led by experts, each excursion explores a different area of river drainage...highlighting ecology and natural beauty. These trips begin in late May and run through August.

To secure a brochure, send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to: Tuolumne Watershed Visitor Center, P.O. Box 612, Groveland, CA 95321. Interested parties may also contact the center by phone for more information. 209.962.0641