It roared to life last spring after epic winter storms and runoff from the snow-laden Sierra Nevada overwhelmed the human-made systems that long ago drained the Tulare Lake basin. The reborn ...

It spread out to as much as 1,000 square miles as snow in the Sierra melted each spring, feeding five rivers flowing into the lake. Its abundance of fish and other wildlife supported several ...

“Awareness of the lake has really only been since the recent floods and even then considered an anomaly. I want people to know and understand what the Tulare basin was like before Europeans ...

And now avian botulism in two dead birds, according to the state’s Department of Fish and Wildlife ... Those living in the Tulare Lake Basin should report dead birds. A reporting form is ...

Residents in the Tulare Lake Basin are encouraged to report incidents of wildlife mortality to CDFW using the web-based mortality reporting form or by contacting CDFW’s Central Region office. These ...

All that water began flowing back into the old Tulare Lake basin. The drainage systems built to keep the land dry for farming just couldn’t handle the sudden surge. Within weeks, fields that ...

"Residents in the Tulare Lake Basin are encouraged to report incidents of wildlife mortality to CDFW using the web-based mortality reporting form or by contacting the Central Region CDFW office ...

(The last time the lake overflowed was 1878, according to water historian John Austin, author of “Floods and Droughts of the Tulare Lake Basin ... Pixley National Wildlife Refuge seen ...

Tulare Lake, drained decades ago, may return after California’s record-breaking storms By Lewis Griswold Special to The Bee Updated March 24, 2023 7:49 AM ...