Tulare Lake was drained by farmers more than a century ago, and it has reappeared only rarely when floods have reclaimed ...

Anglers of all ages are invited to forego fishing licenses during Free Fishing Days in California on July 5 and Aug. 30.

A coalition has begun an effort to bring back Tulare Lake and its once-vast wetlands on thousands of acres of farmland in the ...

Tulare Lake, once a vast freshwater body in California, has reappeared after 130 years due to heavy snowmelt, highlighting historical water management practices and impacting the San Joaquin Valley.

The lake has reappeared multiple times over the last century-plus, earning it the “ghost lake” moniker. Tulare Lake filled once again in 2023, but has since disappeared.

Tulare Lake used to be the largest lake west of the Mississippi River. Farmers diverted the lake's water in the 1920s and replaced it with farmland. This year's rain and snowmelt have replenished ...

Tulare Lake returned after a series of storms this past winter and because of what some say was poor water management. Now, the lake could impact the prices on food nationwide.

The re-emerging Tulare Lake is being fed by the melting snowpack that piled up in the California mountains to near-record levels.

State water experts are saying the historic Tulare Lake likely reached its peak size overnight.

Officials say communities near refilling Tulare Lake now unlikely to flood The images below show the progression of flooding in the Tulare Lake basin.

Tulare Lake in California's Central Valley was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi River, fed by a strong flow of snowmelt from the Sierra Nevada each spring. But the lake ...