Since the early 1900s, the lake had reformed only a few times — most memorably in 1968, 1983 and 1997.

The company, which controls the El Rico Groundwater Sustainability Agency (GSA), still plans to allow so much groundwater ...

Tulare Lake, once a sprawling body of freshwater in California’s San Joaquin Valley, disappeared over a century ago, only to return in 2023, surprising locals and researchers alike. This once ...

A car is stranded in water after a series of atmospheric river storms caused Tulare Lake to return, as seen on March 23, 2023, near Corcoran, California. The reemerged lake now seems to be ...

The last big avian botulism event at Tulare Lake killed about 30,000 birds in 1983, during a previous reappearance of the lake, the department said. Avian botulism causes paralysis and death.

It’s also home to Tulare Lake, a large, dry basin that fills with water in rainy years. The lake most recently reappeared in 2023 after intense winter downpours that flooded farms and roads.

Tulare Lake began to reappear this March, before the Sierra Nevada snowpack started meltin. But as temperatures rise into summer and the snowpack begins to melt, that water flows into the Southern ...

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: A long dried lake in California's Central Valley refilled earlier this year due to massive amounts of melted snow and rain. That created a new wetland for birds in a place ...