This 1873 map produced by the California Board Of Commissioners On Irrigation shows Tulare Lake, near the bottom, and land that would soon be turned into farmland. Artist’s conception of a ...

At the time, the lake remained at about a quarter of its original size for a few years after being dry for decades. A 1876 map of Tulare County shows a vast lake nearly a thousand square miles in ...

In 1983, when a long-lasting snowmelt submerged about 130 square miles of the lake bed, the damage just in Kings County cost nearly $300 million in today’s dollars, and the water took two years ...

(KSEE/KGPE) — For more than a century the former lakebed of Tulare Lake has been turned into farmland in California’s Central Valley. The footprint of the lake, when full, could reach 690 squ… ...

(KSEE/KGPE) — For more than a century the former lakebed of Tulare Lake has been turned into farmland in California’s Central Valley. The footprint of the lake, when full, could reach 690 squ… ...

Tulare Lake's rebirth will reshape life in the San Joaquin Valley for years to come. But longtime residents remain committed to the region and its remarkable seasonal rhythms.

Tulare Lake reemerged last year in the San Joaquin Valley after a series of intense atmospheric rivers brought heavy rain to the state. The original lake had disappeared 80 years ago when the land ...

Readers make the case for restoring Tulare Lake, once among the largest freshwater lakes in the U.S. Tulare Lake is reappearing. Let's try to keep it there - Los Angeles Times ...

The lake bed is essentially a 790-square-mile bathtub — the size of four Lake Tahoes — that dates back to the ice age. Mammoths once sipped at Tulare Lake’s shores, and tule elk ranged in ...