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The Upper Sacramento River Exchange is an award-winning watershed museum, and public information, education and interpretive center which grew out of the devastating 1991 railroad tanker chemical spill into the Sacramento River near the city of Dunsmuir.The River Center located in Dunsmuir, has served thousands of visitors, students, scientists and residents. A database of information about the chemical spill and recovery of the river is available for study and investigation. An extensive watershed education program is carried out in partnership with area schools. Popular interpretive Saturday night natural history shows are presented regularly, covering topics such as mountain lions, eagles, Native American customs relating to the watershed, and river restoration. Visitors to the River Center are delighted with historical maps, hands-on natural history exhibits, rare watershed animal displays, and a 16' long map of the Sacramento River watershed. The River Center is an area meeting place for fishermen, vacationers, schoolchildren, and watershed researchers.