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Aug 5, 2023 · A dead fish floats belly-up in the murky water of Tulare Lake. Sheriff’s Sgt. Nate Ferrier warns against eating the fish due to possible contaminants in the water. Already, it is shrinking. Once ...
Jul 16, 2023 · Jul 16, 2023, 4:45 AM PDT. Flooded farm crops in Tulare Lake on June 6, 2023. Citizens of the Planet / Contributor. Tulare Lake used to be the largest lake west of the Mississippi River. Farmers ...
Feb 27, 2024 · Published Feb 27, 2024 at 7:58 AM EST Updated Feb 27, 2024 at 12:04 PM EST. By Robyn White . Nature Reporter. FOLLOW. Share. Copy Link ... Do you have a question about Tulare Lake? Let us know via ...
May 12, 2023 · The images below show the progression of flooding in the Tulare Lake basin. They were acquired by the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Aqua satellite between March 2 and April 28. March 2-April 28, 2023. Flooding in the lakebed is likely to continue into 2024, which will affect residents and farmers in the area ...
Jan 5, 2024 · Under a 2014 state law, the five water agencies that make up the Tulare Lake sub-basin were supposed to be working as a team to craft a plan for reducing pumping to levels that would stabilize ...
Apr 4, 2023 · Return of Tulare Lake. Tulare Lake, in California’s San Joaquin Valley, was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River. The lake would grow every winter as rainfall and snowmelt from the nearby Sierra Nevada range flowed down and filled the basin. By 1920, the rivers that fed the lake were dammed and diverted for uses such ...
Jul 11, 2023 · July 11, 2023. Floodwaters cover a street in the reemerging Tulare Lake, in California’s Central Valley, on April 14, 2023 in Corcoran, California. Mario Tama / Getty Images. A dormant lake in ...
