If you've never heard of Tulare Lake, it may be because it hasn't been a permanent presence in Central California since the early 1900s. But now, Tulare Lake is back.
Some estimates put the current surface area at around 10,000 acres, but it’s hard to say for sure, says Kerry Klein, an environmental reporter with NPR member station KVPR in the Central Valley. Klein joined our newsroom's public affairs show"AirTalk" — which airs on 89.3 FM — on Wednesday to talk about what she's learned.
Why is it hard to say? Partly because of the lake’s many levees, or embankments used for flood control. They’re very variable: some have been cut or have overflowed, while others haven’t, resulting in an irregular shape. She says the surface area is certainly in the order of thousands of acres. “And that's still nothing compared to its fullest, which was around 600 to 800 square miles,” Klein said. “We all hope that it won't reach that. It likely will not reach that this time and it never has since it disappeared.”The lake hasn’t existed at that scale since the early 20th century. Before that, its seasonal flows sustained wetlands in the Central Valley, which was generally much less dry than it is now, Klein said.
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