California’s Tulare Lake returns: The untold story

After a winter of record snowpack in California, tens of thousands of acres of farmland were flooded. But, put another way, it was the first time in decades the state saw the revival of Tulare Lake — central to the Tachi Yokut Tribe of the Central Valley.

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[furlvr]

The land wasn't "lost to flooding", it was reclaimed by nature to it's rightful place.

[hugo-kikecastillomyfavorit]

It's so cool to see the original people of this land!

[omarlopez]

The Lake has returned for a reason. It was here even before the U.S existed and its time for Nature to reclaim its land.

[sandracrosbie]

I am delighted that the lake that should have been left there has come back for your people. The spirits of your ancestors will come back to stand with you.
From Ireland

[dreamchasergarage]

Seeing a wronged people reclaim their heritage makes my heart soar.

[energyexecs]

...In the year 1957, I was born and raised along the Kings River as were my parents in the Sanger-Reedley-Porterville area where the rivers flowed into the Lake Basin. Before the dams were built my uncles and father - who were born in the 1920s - said they would cross the great river basins in rafts and would play games with the local "Yokut" boys living near the river bottoms. The great rains would fill the Lake Basin and the locals always felt it was strange that someone would want to plant trees and farm the great Lake Basin.

[stumpy]

Saw it from a plane last week.

Nice to see.

[daburn]

Let nature take its course Tulare lake. Welcome home 🙏

[gnrrailroad]

California needs to keep this lake for a healthy ecosystem

[scottieray]

The irony is the farmers pumping ground water and causing subsidence actually contributed to the lake returning.

[freedomthroughspirit]

This is both heartbreaking and beautiful. Go Tulare lake, may you refill and reclaim your abundance. And may your people thrive! Native Californian here; love seeing glimpses of California before corporate greed and working against nature became the norm. We can create thriving abundance for everyone here working *with* Nature. 💚💚💚

[RealGuigsy]

More of this please. This fills my heart for the REAL Americans

[Rick-wl]

I'm a valley resident, (white republican)...that wants to see the lake RESTORED!!!! God willing. Please.

[mayploy]

What a wonderful miracle. I wish things were different and the peoples of the lake could have it back.

[ninjagolightly]

My grandmother half Cherokee used to say, “ILL gotten gains will not prosper.” First time I’m learning about this lake and I have to say.. my first thought was, “Mother Nature will heal herself.” I’m glad to see the force of nature return to its natural healing self.. not only for nature itself but for the indigenous peoples. Leave it as it is.

[SuaHUNCH]

Draining lakes to make towns and flooding towns to make lakes. You really put this country at a major set back.

[diane]

This is amazing. I live in Fresno California, and they're saying that it can come all the way north to my town.

[GutiérrezSisters]

That’s what I technically got told by my mother. And by sicon of course that Tulare was just a big big lake until the whites drained it and it became just crops until the rains come crashing down from the heavens and fill Tulare lake again.. I with native blood believe we can restore how nature really was.. grateful for the water that has come back to the Central Valley the lake will hopefully provide for us

[lindakeller]

My prayers is that the lake returns and the native people will be rewarded their way of life back.

[amorja]

Now imagine if lake Corcoran would also return. Nature always wins ❤