Tulare Basin

Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners works with a variety of experts to share additional planning and conservation resources with agencies, agricultural associations, private landowners, elected officials, and others interested in conserving land and water in the Tulare Basin. Over time, the organization will post links to presentations, publications, and further information below.

In 2010, the Bureau of Land Management completed a 10-year restoration program at its Atwell Island site under the Central Valley Project Improvement Act Land Retirement Demonstration Project. To learn more about restoration strategies in the Tulare Basin, click here.
On October 6, 2010, Secretary for Natural Resources Lester Snow hosted a policy summit titled “The Future of Natural Resource Management.” The purpose of the summit was to facilitate discussion and debate within the natural resource management and environmental community regarding policy, legislation and finance strategies that would lead to better integration of resource management activities. Local, state and federal government agencies, conservation organizations, industry representatives and other interested stakeholders attended the summit. This document is a report on the outcome of the event and presents a series of near-term and long-term policy recommendations for consideration by the Governor-elect’s administration. To read the full report, click here.
During spring 2006, the University of California at Berkeley's environmental planning studio, under the leadership of associate professor Timothy P. Duane, completed a report on maximizing the public benefits of agricultural conservation easements. To read the full report, click here.
To view the presentation on farmland conservation Professor Duane made to the Tulare Basin Working Group in April 2006, click here.