all the water ended up pooling in the center of the basin, forming a lake. The tule reeds that grew throughout the wetlands were the source for the name, Tulare Lake. The lake has always held ...

With a voracious appetite for insects, a long snout, and beady little eyes, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one intriguing mammal. Today, 95 percent of its former one-million-acre wetland and ...