The oversized shoes were invented by Chinese laborers in 1850's California to help build levees and reclaim land in the Sacramento Delta.
Initial test flights were performed in the Sacramento Delta.
Several weeks of being trapped in the fresh water of the Sacramento Delta brought signs of physical stress in the whale.
"Of course, you could go back to pumping water from the Owens Valley and the Sacramento Delta," Art said.
Since that water would otherwise flow to the Sacramento Delta and San Francisco Bay, the diversions could lead to environmental damage there.
The lesson is they are very likely going to say: 'I don't care about the Sacramento Delta.
Cable ferries were particularly prominent in early transportation in the Sacramento Delta of California.
The three jointly built a houseboat which they sailed in the Sacramento Delta.
To decrease the reliance on the Colorado River and Sacramento Delta, steps are being taken to educate people on how to conserve water.
He first worked as a domestic servant in San Francisco, then became a migrant farm laborer in the Sacramento Delta for a while.