Some Bits: Nelson's LinkblogJan 13, 2024
Map of California 1857: Excellently detailed map from Britton & Rey, showing Tulare Lake and Owens Lake which are now mostly gone. (Note this is before the great flooding of 1861.)
https://www.davidrumsey.com/maps6093.html
#owensvalley #california #tularelake #wetlands #history #maps #+
Britton & Rey's Map Of The State Of California. / Goddard, George H. / 1857

soy storm trooper cupidSep 28, 2023

"At one point in the hearing, brothers Phil and Erik Hansen, fifth-generation farmers in Kings County, voiced a brewing suspicion: J.G. Boswell Co., the tomato- and cotton-growing giant whose namesake family had wielded outsized power in the region for nearly a century, was brazenly rigging conditions to spare its own property in the lowest reaches of the lakebed."

#california #storms #climate #climatechange #flood #tularelake
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-09-28/central-valley-land-barons-tulare-lake-basin-kings-county-flooding-water-farms-boswell

How powerful land barons shaped the epic floods in California's Central Valley

Land barons seized control of the Tulare Lake Basin generations ago. This year's destructive flooding left troubling questions about the power they wield.

Los Angeles Times
BakersRelayJul 6, 2023

From Los Angeles Time - “Voices from Tulare Lake — A ghostly rebirth reveals a region’s resilience”

#TulareLake #California #Climate

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-07-06/tulare-lake-rebirth-life-san-joaquin-valley

Tulare Lake's rebirth will reshape life in the San Joaquin Valley

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.

Los Angeles Times
AI6YR BenJun 29, 2023
#TulareLake finally receding. #LakeTulare #CAwx https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-06-29/tulare-lake-floodwaters-have-begun-to-recede-state-says
Tulare lake floodwaters have begun to recede, state says

For the first time since winter storms began filling the long-drained Tulare Lake basin, state officials have announced that floodwaters are abating.

Los Angeles Times
Jeffrey GrayJun 28, 2023
https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-06-27/a-california-tribe-wants-to-keep-water-in-tulare-lake?campaign_id=49&emc=edit_ca_20230628&instance_id=96219&nl=california-today&regi_id=40376738&segment_id=137853&te=1&user_id=cd47656e040e68a58ad3ac270293cbc9 Let the lake live. This is stolen land, stolen water. A system of state sponsored violence was directed to drive the Yokut people from this land. The state should work to restore this lake as a means to right a historic wrong. #California #TulareLake #Yokut #Reparations
A California tribe wants to keep water in Tulare Lake

The Tachi Yokut Tribe is celebrating the return of California’s Tulare Lake, saying water should remain to heal an ecosystem that was drained for agriculture.

Los Angeles Times
Evan Centanni (PolGeoNow)Jun 26, 2023

A big part of #TulareLake, largest lake in western #USA lakes until it dried up in the 1800s, has returned amid #California flooding, and will likely stay for about 2 years. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/california-storms-tulare-lake.html

#geography #geographyteacher #hydrology #Tulare #CentralValley @geography #physicalgeography

A Vast Lake Has Captivated California Where Farms Stood a Year Ago

Tulare Lake re-emerged after intense storms battered the state this winter, and will likely remain in the Central Valley for months — and maybe years — to come.

The New York Times
Nia MolinariJun 12, 2023

"With torrents of snowmelt flowing through California, two men kayaked an improbable route from Tulare Lake, 215 miles upstate, to the eastern edge of San Francisco Bay." #tularelake #centralvalley #california

(I used the bird link to avoid the paywall)

https://twitter.com/sfchronicle/status/1667757069565407234?s=19

San Francisco Chronicle on Twitter

“With torrents of snowmelt flowing through California, two men kayaked an improbable route from Tulare Lake, 215 miles upstate, to the eastern edge of San Francisco Bay. https://t.co/AtqtfMZjvj”

Twitter
Show threadAI6YR BenJun 10, 2023
@mappingsupport Oooh, #TulareLake #LakeTulare, nice map!
Joseph ElfeltJun 10, 2023

Interactive map shows data from the VIIRS satellites indicating the flooded area (red/blue/yellow) at #Tulare Lake basin. The map has other #GIS overlay layers you can turn on that show dikes and related features. For help, read the “Map tips” link in upper left corner.

If you open the map and zoom out then you will see an orange line that shows the area that drains into the basin. #TulareLake #Geospatial

Open #GISsurfer map:
https://mappingsupport.com/p2/gissurfer.php?center=36.057141,-119.689865&zoom=11&basemap=ESRI_National_Geographic&overlay=Snow_water_equivalent,Flood_map_-_FEMA_100_year,Lake_river_stream,Regulated_stream,Drainage_Tulare_Lake_Basin,Flood_data_VIIRS,USA_roads&txtfile=https://mappingsupport.com/p2/special_maps/disaster/california_flood.txt||35.267610,-119.30899

GISsurfer General Purpose Web Map and GIS Viewer | Surf GIS DATA

GISsurfer lets you surf a nearly endless amount of GIS data. Click a layer in the GIS server's table of contents and that data appears on the map.

Gladwyn d’SouzaJun 7, 2023

#Wetlands that fell victim to past #SCOTUS and now #Sackett’s #CarbonBombs were home:
The native #Yokuts lived, fished and hunted along the shores of #TulareLake, where #elk and #antelope, countless #migratory #birds and #terrapins, #frogs and #fish teemed amid #tule reeds and #cattails. Tulare Lake, before it began to go dry in the late 1800s, was the largest #freshwater body #west of the #Mississippi #River.

https://www.sfchronicle.com/california/article/tulare-lake-peak-18128743.php

#landback

California’s revived Tulare Lake may be at peak size. Here's how big

The revived Lake Tulare, which once had dried up, may have reached its peak size this week: about 178 square miles, almost as big as Lake Tahoe.

San Francisco Chronicle