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Although usually dry, the lake reappears during floods following unusually high levels of rainfall or snow melt; for this reason, it has been called a "phantom lake," "the lake that will not die," or California’s zombie lake.
- Lake Corcoran
Lake Corcoran (also known as Lake Clyde, after Clyde...
- Grizzly Adams
Early years. Grizzly Adams was born John Boyden Adams to...
- Kern Lake
Kern Lake, originally Laguna de los Tulares, was the...
- Pine Flat Dam
Pine Flat Dam is a concrete gravity dam on the Kings River...
- Suisun Bay
Suisun Bay Reserve Fleet. The bay was the anchorage of the...
- Lake Corcoran
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. by Noah Lloyd. February 5, 2024.
- Noah Lloyd
May 13, 2023 · And with a history spanning 600,000 years, there are undoubtedly many chapters left in the story of Tulare Lake. “Whether we like it or not, that lake will return. It may not be in our lifetime ...
Apr 3, 2023 · The Resurrection of Tulare Lake. The largest body of fresh water west of the Mississippi was drained by farmers more than a century ago. Now it’s back. Roads and farms are being flooded outside ...
Dec 9, 2009 · The lake’s disappearance has had far-reaching consequences. In 1852, Army engineer George Derby could stand in the Sierra’s foothills and count the eponymous bulrushes, called tules, near the ...
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 ...
Feb 22, 2024 · The disappearance of Tulare Lake in the late 19th century was a consequence of land reclamation efforts by the state of California, aimed at converting public and indigenous lands into private farmland. This process involved draining the lake to irrigate surrounding arid lands, fundamentally altering the region’s landscape and ecology.
