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A rural advocate and columnist argues the power of water districts’ weighted voting system extends far beyond water rights in the Tulare Lake Basin.
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The recharged Tulare Lake has caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage to farms and communities in the region. But the return of the lake is a celebration for the Native American tribes that used to depend on the water as a way of life.
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A brief history of the communities and ecosystems that used to call the lake home, and the conversations that occur every time the lake reemerges.
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KVPR and 1A hosted a panel discussion featuring agricultural leaders on May 30, 2023.
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Tulare Lake is expected to peak next week at more than 100,000-acres wide. That's nearly the size of Lake Tahoe.
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KVPR and 1A are teaming up for a live virtual panel discussion on Tuesday, May 30, to ask: What can be done to help farmers during and after natural disasters?
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Gov. Gavin Newsom pledged to help pay for raising the Corcoran levee. However, an extra four feet is little consolation to families of the incarcerated.
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Most of the San Joaquin Valley land inundated by Tulare Lake has been cultivated farmland. But homes are at stake too, as the water rises around them.
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Subsidence – caused by too much groundwater pumping – is causing a recurring, multimillion dollar headache for local flood officials.
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As temperatures climb and the “Big Melt” flows out of the Sierra Nevada, rising floodwaters have revealed that flood protection in the San Joaquin Valley is patchy at best.