Action News goes to top of Pine Flat Dam with Asst. Sec. of Army to discuss water policy, management

Action News got a rare and exclusive look at Pine Flat Dam on Friday as federal leaders from Washington arrived for a visit.

At 429 tall, the government considers the dam “critical infrastructure,” necessary to the state and country. It can hold back one million acre-feet of water and release thousands of gallons per minute from Pine Flat Lake into the Kings River about 35 miles east of Fresno.

“It’s a beautiful place,” Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam Telle told Action News. “It’s great to be here in January.”…

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