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.”…