{"id":5,"date":"2013-11-15T22:10:27","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T22:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tulelake.server293.com\/?page_id=5"},"modified":"2022-01-26T15:49:09","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T15:49:09","slug":"nature-at-work-and-play","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/","title":{"rendered":"Tulelake, California and the Tule Lake Basin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-basin-comp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2392\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-basin-comp.jpg\" alt=\"tule lake 16 images.  tule lake basin.  photos by anders tomlinson\" width=\"600\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-basin-comp.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tule-basin-comp-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #888888;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Welcome to the Tule Lake Basin<\/span><\/span><\/strong> &#8211; home to Tulelake and Newell, California as well<br \/>\nas Merrill and Malin, Oregon. This is fertile farmland and abundant wildlife refuge.<br \/>\nIt is history &#8211; including the Applegate Trail, Modoc Indian War, Klamath Reclamation<br \/>\nProject, Tule Lake Internment &#8211; Segregation Center and the 2001 water-shutoff. It is<br \/>\nthe Lava Beds National Monument, surrounding ridges and the Medicine Lake Highlands.<br \/>\nIt is the smell of sage and mint under big skies and the Milky Way. Explore!  Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/73655461?byline=0&amp;portrait=0&amp;color=f2e3aa\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Farmland and Refuge Working Together as One<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nThe video pan above, north to south, looks east from the top of Sheepy Ridge<br \/>\nin late summer. At the start, one is looking north along Sheepy Ridge towards<br \/>\nMerrill, Oregon. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Headquarters is below. The pan takes<br \/>\nin Malin, Oregon, and Tulelake, California, Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge<br \/>\nand Tule Lake are seen along with Horse Mountain and The Peninsula (aka Castle<br \/>\nRock). Newell, California, the former site of the Tule Lake Internment &#8211;<br \/>\nSegregation Center, is across the basin to the east. The pan ends looking south<br \/>\nalong Sheepy Ridge towards the Lava Beds National Monument and Medicine Lake<br \/>\nHighlands. This pan includes portions of Klamath County, Oregon along with Modoc<br \/>\nand Siskiyou County, California.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Millions of visitors come each year to a land of harvests and growing families.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nTulelake, Tule Lake, Tule Lake Basin\u2026 You say potato, I say grebe, they say lava tubes, you say coyote, I say horseradish, <a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/farm-fields-rule1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-277\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/farm-fields-rule1.jpg\" alt=\"lokking southwest across the tule lake basin at mt. shasta.  photo was taken by anders tomlinson from loveness road above malin, oregon.\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>they say petroglyphs, you say harriers, I say cattle, we say Applegate trail, you say pelicans, I say grain, they say Modoc Indian War, you say mint, I say osprey, they say Klamath Reclamation Project, I say county fair, you say Homesteaders, we say hunting, you say antelope, I say alfalfa, you say sagebrush, they say Volcanic Legacy All-American Road and on, and on, and on\u2026<br \/>\nHere is the nature of a reclaimed lake bed used by farmers, wildlife and nature enthusiasts. This land is alive. The basin is surrounded by geographical features: volcanos, fault blocks, lava flows and big sky vistas. Migratory waterfowl and raptures seasonally visit year round. Farmers start preparing fields in March and harvest as late as November.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Delivering water to soil that was once a lake bed.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nTule Lake Basin is crisscrossed by Tulelake Irrigation District\u2019s 600 miles of canals- that\u2019s 1,200 miles of shoreline. Water is moved back and forth from farm fields to drains, back to farms, or the lake or U.S. Fish and Wildlife projects. Today, the amount of water used in a year could be less <a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/eagles.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-313\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/eagles.jpg\" alt=\"Bald eagles on lower klamath national wildlife refuge. photos by anders tomlinson.\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>than what naturally evaporated from old Tule Lake. Seasons dance under passing clouds and deep blue skies. A year in this life is a story of survival.<br \/>\n<strong>A modern relationship between man and migrating waterfowl.<\/strong><br \/>\nI have had people tell me that they have been told them that Tule Lake National Wildlife Refuge is too geometric with all the efficient rectangular farm fields and irrigation canals, everywhere there are right angles, so unnatural for wildlife. I laugh. I wonder where those people live. The chances are their homes were built on land that was once wildlife habitat and the land was graded and plated into grids. And in Southern California the lush landscaping is only possible with borrowed water from hundreds of miles away. How can these folks look at wildlife thriving in Tule Lake Basin and say their Tule lifestyle is unbecoming?<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Mother nature does what nature does.<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\nWildlife takes advantage of everything it is aware of. It has been said what is good for the goose is good for the gander. Can it be said what is good for man is good for geese? Or what is good for geese is good for man? <a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mom-grebe-and-chick.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-316\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mom-grebe-and-chick.jpg\" alt=\"mother grebe and baby on tule lake national wildlife refuge. photo by anders tomlinson.\" width=\"200\" height=\"123\" \/><\/a>There are few habitats left that migrating waterfowl can use. Places like Tule Lake basin are all that these migrations have. Wildlife use Tulelake refuge and farmland to survive. <strong>Man does what man does.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe springs of 2007 and 2008 in the Upper Klamath Basin were wet. Relatively undeveloped refuge such as Upper Klamath Lake and Klamath Marsh National Wildlife Refuges had so much water there was no where for birds to put nests. Nests were being built on canal fed Tule and Lower National Wildlife Refuges. Man\u2019s ability to manage water levels provided wildlife with safe nesting areas. Free flowing nature can be a killer, as well as a provider. Despite man\u2019s researched predictions, whatever the research intentions may be, the world doesn\u2019t always follow projected mathematical models. The story of Tulelake is both ancient and modern. It is a story of accommodation and cooperation. One needs to visit, linger, listen and watch with willing and open eyes. The future of man and wildlife plays out before you.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_166\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tulelake-map.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"size-full wp-image-166\" src=\"http:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tulelake-map.jpg\" alt=\"Map of the Tulelake, tule Lake Basin region and the surrounding northern california and southern oregon border.  map by anders tomlinson.\" width=\"600\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tulelake-map.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anderstomlinson.com\/tule-lake\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/tulelake-map-300x218.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Tule Lake Basin is at the southern end of Upper Klamath Basin: Crater Lake to the Lava Beds.<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a92013 Anders Tomlinson, all rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the Tule Lake Basin &#8211; home to Tulelake and Newell, California as well as Merrill and Malin, Oregon. 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