It is presumed to have occurred throughout the 957,000 acres of wetlands and riparian areas that once surrounded Tulare, Buena Vista, Kern, and Goose Lakes. Today only four tiny populations are known ...

With a voracious appetite for insects, a long snout, and beady little eyes, the Buena Vista Lake ornate shrew is one intriguing mammal ... protecting six areas on the floor of the Central Valley in ...

(KGET) – Local government — Kern County and Bakersfield city ... the Kern River Parkway covers 40 miles, from Lake Buena Vista to Lake Ming. That’s even longer than the American River ...