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Feb 5, 2024 · Tulare Lake, called “Pa’ashi” by the indigenous Tachi Yokut tribe, disappeared 130 years ago from California. Now, after a series of severe weather events, the lake has returned, with both positive and harmful effects.
- Noah Lloyd
Feb 22, 2024 · In a remarkable case of environmental reclamation, Tulare Lake – once the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi River – has re-emerged in the San Joaquin Valley of California after vanishing 130 years ago. This resurgence, triggered by a series of atmospheric rivers over California in 2023, marks a significant moment not only ...
May 19, 2023 · NASA. Satellite images from NASA show how a long-lost lake recently reappeared in California’s San Joaquin Valley after a torrent of storms pounded the Golden State this winter. In recent...
- Senior News Editor
Apr 14, 2023 · Satellite images taken over the past six weeks have captured the re-emergence of Tulare Lake in California’s San Joaquin Valley and show how suddenly water flooded and settled across miles of...
Feb 25, 2024 · The long-dormant lake that roared to life in California’s San Joaquin Valley last winter, eventually swelling to nearly the size of Lake Tahoe, has all but disappeared.
- Kurtis Alexander
- Reporter
Jul 11, 2023 · Located in the lowlands of the San Joaquin Valley in central California, Tulare Lake was once the largest body of freshwater west of the Mississippi. But in the 1800s, settlers drained the lake...
Apr 3, 2023 · The rebirth of the lake has brought back wildlife that once relied on the Tulare Lake ecosystem. American coots, herons, ibises and blackbirds are flocking to flooded farmland and roads, said...
