Tulare Lake, the 9th largest lake in America, was a long-standing fixture of the Central Valley. But today, it is gone. In this video, I look at the history of this fascinating lake, the reasons for its draining, and the consequences that decision is having on the region to this very day. Become a member! null Music - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbnHIVGcZvs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rUM0pC8lFE8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IatXU05oUE0 Images and Info - https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/89761/san-joaquin-valley-is-still-sinking http://www.mylemooreleader.com/125818 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulare_Lake https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Corcoran https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Valley_(California) https://www.fs.fed.us/database/feis/fire_regimes/CA_valley_riparian/all.html https://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/10/us/10boswell.html https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merced,_Ca,_San_Joaquin_Valley.JPG https://water.usgs.gov/ogw/highlights/2015-08-01.html https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/89761/san-joaquin-valley-is-still-sinking https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:San_Joaquin_Valley,_CA,_Corcoran_Turnoff,_2012_-_panoramio.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_the_San_Joaquin,_Sacramento_and_Tulare_Valleys_1873_-_Tulare_Valley.jpg Google Earth https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_California https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Olivehurst,_Yuba_County,_California._New_settlers_on_western_addition_of_Olivehurst_have_just_instal_._._._-_NARA_-_521598.jpg https://www.goodfreephotos.com/united-states/california/sequoia-national-park/hume-dam-sequoia-national-park-california.jpg.php https://www.kpbs.org/news/2017/dec/29/trump-administration-looks-maximize-pumping-califo/ https://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/31/us/farmers-try-political-force-to-twist-open-californias-taps.html http://blueskiesbenchspace.org/blog/?p=96 https://regenerationinternational.org/2019/12/04/california-cotton-fields-can-cotton-be-climate-beneficial/ https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/photos-from-the-vault/article138098228.html https://landingaday.wordpress.com/tag/tulare-lake/ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cotton_field_kv03.jpg https://www.latimes.com/local/obituaries/la-me-james-boswell7-2009apr07-story.html https://medium.californiasun.co/6-crazy-facts-about-california-clint-eastwood-and-credit-cards-edition-2f343f03f56d http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2014/05/delta_smelt_tulare_lake_environmental_regulation_is_ruining_california_agriculture.html https://www.linkedin.com/company/jg-boswell-company Google Maps https://www.englishfinecottons.co.uk/journal/manufacturing/our-cotton-in-california/attachment/j-g-boswell-cotton-farm-in-california-us/ https://www.englishfinecottons.co.uk/journal/manufacturing/our-cotton-in-california/attachment/j-g-boswell-cotton-farm-in-california-us/ https://californiawaterblog.com/2017/07/02/san-joaquin-valley-water-supplies-unavoidable-variability-and-uncertainty/ https://www.bakersfield.com/news/kern-river-our-fickle-beauty-reduced-to-a-trickle/article_eb0a8af4-c351-11e7-a4d3-3f17c10cdc7b.html https://odyssey.antiochsb.edu/features/social-justice/parched-san-joaquin-valley-in-dire-need-of-water/ https://www.geocurrents.info/geonotes/visualizing-californias-soggy-past