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	Owens Valley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Owens Valley is the arid ranching valley of the Owens River in southeastern California in the United States.
		Owens Valley is a graben: a downdropped block of land between two vertical faults.
		Owens Valley is the westernmost graben in the Basin and Range Province.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Owens_Valley (1202 words)

	Owens River - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It flows south-southeast through the Owens Valley between the Sierra Nevada on the west and the White and Inyo mountains on the east, past Big Pine.
		The remaining river flows in a trickle through the southern valley, flanked by the Los Angeles Aqueduct, past Lone Pine, entering the lake bed of now-dry Owens Lake at the southern end of the valley.
		The diversion of water and the subsequent desiccation of Owens Lake remains highly controversial.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Owens_River (359 words)

	CALIFORNIA'S PLANTS AND ANIMALS
		With the exception of the Long Valley and Owens River populations, the speckled dace of the Owens Basin are closely related to the Amargosa speckled dace (R. o.
		The two remnant populations in Long Valley and the one in the East Fork Owens River are small, occur in extremely small springs and are therefore vulnerable to extirpation.
		The single East Fork Owens River population is restricted to poor-quality habitat that is "frequently altered and occupied by introduced predators" (Sada 1989).
	www.dfg.ca.gov /hcpb/cgi-bin/read_one.asp?specy=fish&idNum=27 (1466 words)

	Owens Valley Tragedy
		Various tributaries to Owens River form from this massive amount of receding water which carry the water down the 80 mile river ending in Owens Lake.
		Owens Valley residents had, and still have, many problems coping with the fact that Southern California’s urban development was more important than their own.
		This can only be accomplished by allowing the flow of Owens River to enter the lake instead of being completely being diverted to the proliferation and growth of the Los Angeles area and it’s surrounding communities.
	darwin.bio.uci.edu /~sustain/global/sensem/beked297.htm (1835 words)

	Los Angeles: A Case Study - Aqueducts and Irrigation
		However, Mulholland realized that the Owens River would make an excellent source of water for the city of L. Claiming to be building a new irrigation system for the Owens Valley, the L. Water Department bought all the land along the Owens River.
		The Owens River Aqueduct provided L. with four times more water than it needed at the time, so the excess water was used to irrigate the environs of L. Most of these areas, such as the San Fernando Valley, were just as arid as Los Angeles had been.
		The courts ruled that draining Owens Valley and Mono Lake was not in the public's interest, and in 1988, the state of California forced L. to begin returning water to Mono Lake.
	www.facstaff.bucknell.edu /mvigeant/univ270_05/jake_aq/los_angeles.htm (885 words)

	Lower Owens River Project
		The Lower Owens River is located in the Owens Valley of Inyo County, California.
		The approximately 60-mile reach of the Owens River was diverted to the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913 to supply water to the city.
		Inyo/Los Angeles Water Agreement, the County and LADWP are committed to rewater the full 60-mile reach of the river as part of the Lower Owens River Project.
	www.inyowater.org /LORP (482 words)

	Owens River Headwaters - Glass Creek, Deadman Creek, Big Springs, and the upper Owens River
		The Owens’ upper headwaters is the source of clear, cold water that sustains the wild trout fishery and the thousands of anglers who travel from all over the world to test its waters and stalk its wily fish.
		A variety of outdoor recreational pursuits are possible in the Owens River headwaters area.
		In recognition of their outstanding values, the Owens River headwaters, and its streams – Glass Creek, Deadman Creek, Big Springs, and the upper Owens River – are proposed for designation as Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers in Senator Barbara Boxer’s California Wild Heritage Act.
	www.friendsoftheriver.org /CaliforniaRivers/Rivers/OwensRiverHeadwaters.html (511 words)

	Why Owens Lake is Red (DesertUSA)
		It is fed (in part) by the Owens River and the tributaries that drain the snow-covered Sierra Nevada.
		Owens Lake had been gradually drying up for thousands of years, and was already saline when the Owens River was diverted to supply Los Angeles with water.
		The gleaming red salt flats of Owens Lake can be quite spectacular in the early morning or late afternoon of summer, but not nearly so beautiful as the enormous blue Owens Lake that once filled this deep, sunken valley between the massive Sierra Nevada and Inyo ranges thousands of years ago.
	www.desertusa.com /mag98/april/owens/owenslake.html (3001 words)

	Owens (Dry) Lake, California
		Water was first diverted from the Owens River to the City of Los Angeles in 1913, and by 1926 Owens Lake was dry.
		The infiltration of salt-rich dust from Owens (dry) Lake into soils around the playa likely has affected vegetation and soils, which are mostly not adapted to saline conditions because the lake held water continuously for at least the past 800,000 years and probably throughout much of the Quaternary (Smith et al., 1997).
		Owens Lake is an extreme example of the potentially destabilizing effect on land surfaces and vegetation by the extraction of surface and ground water in desert regions.
	geochange.er.usgs.gov /sw/impacts/geology/owens (2943 words)

	Fly-Fishing the Upper Owens (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The upper reaches of the river might offer up good dry-fly fishing during the morning, while a walk along the banks of the lower part of the river might produce a trophy trout on an olive darthead Woolly Bugger as the sun sets over Mammoth Mountain.
		Long leaders are a must for most of the season, especially on the Alpers' Owens River Ranch section, while the lower river can be effectively fished with a 9-foot leader due to an abundance of deeper fish holding in pools, long runs and the river flowing at a much higher volume.
		Upper Owens River insect hatches are dependent upon water flow and temperature, says Kevin Peterson, owner of Trout Fitters in Mammoth Lakes.
	www.californiagameandfish.com /fishing/flyfishing-fishing/ca_aa050704a/index1.html (1324 words)

	washingtonpost.com: Quenching The Thirst Of a Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Owens River was the first casualty of that monumental engineering feat, sucked dry and all but left for dead.
		In 1997, the city agreed in a court settlement to restore the Owens River, but that pact appeared to be stalled until the state stepped in late last year and filed a lawsuit demanding that Los Angeles get moving on the project.
		Water could be returned to the Owens River next year, but a few technicalities still have to be resolved, and lingering tensions over them could become deal breakers.
	www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A4809-2004May31?language=printer (1444 words)

	The Inyo Register (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The effort to put water back into the Lower Owens River turned a corner Monday, but plenty of twists and turns will have to be navigated in the coming years before the 62-mile stretch of river becomes a predictable part of Inyo County’s landscape.
		If that timetable is met, water could be released into the Lower Owens in plenty of time to meet the court-ordered Jan. 25, 2007 deadline for initial water releases in the river, with the full complement of water, 40 cfs, flowing by July 25, 2007.
		A previous, inadvertent release into the river occurred in the winter and no fish were killed, he noted, but an inadvertent summer water release wrecked havoc on the fish population.
	www.inyoregister.com /articles/2005/12/15/news/107new03.txt (1296 words)

	EPA: Federal Register: Draft Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement, Lower Owens River Project; ...
		----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The Lower Owens River Project is proposed by the City of Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power (LADWP), and the County of Inyo, to restore various wetland and riparian habitats along approximately 60 miles of the Owens River.
		The major environmental impacts to be addressed are short-term [[Page 4818]] water quality degradation due to the re-introduction of water to the river after 80 years, and the associated short-term adverse effects on native and sport fisheries, as well as potential adverse effects to archeological resources.
		Owens River Delta Habitat Area This wetland and riparian habitat area is located below the pump facility.
	www.epa.gov /fedrgstr/EPA-IMPACT/2000/February/Day-01/i2133.htm (1564 words)

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		The Owens Pupfish is a tiny (2 inch long) fish which once inhabited the Owens river and the surrounding marshes in huge numbers.
		By the time the Owens pupfish was actually described by science as a distinct species in 1948 it was thought to be already extinct.
		Water diversions on the Owens river, which were begun at the beginning of this century, severely reduced populations.
	home.pacbell.net /gtfund/page12.html (422 words)

	Owens River Fly Fishing
		The Upper Owens is a high plains spring creek, the Middle is canyon tailwater, and the lower is valley tailwater.
		The Lower and Middle Owens present challenges of their own: water flows fluctuate, and half of the stretch resides in a 300-700 foot gorge that is difficult to access.
		The Upper Owens is close to to town of Mammoth Lakes, while the Lower Owens is closer to Bishop.
	www.troutsource.com /RiversFolder/Owens.htm (1596 words)

	Water history
		Letting Owens Valley ranchers and farmers believe they were selling their land to the U.S. Reclamation Service for the Owens Valley irrigation project, engineers J.B. Lippincott and Fred Eaton bought vast amounts of land and associated water rights in the valley for the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP).
		Owens Lake pollution was not mentioned in this EIR or in the agreement because the Great Basin Air Pollution Control District was negotiating a separate agreement on dust abatement with LADWP.
		The Lower Owens River Project: a 60-mile stretch of the lower Owens River will be rewatered, including an average of 6-9 cubic feet per second of water supplied to the Owens River delta at the north end of Owens Lake.
	www.ovcweb.org /OwensValley/Waterhistory.html (1622 words)

	Owens Valley Land Grab (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The valley, river and lake were named in 1845 by John C. Fremont for Richard Owens, one of Fremont's guides.
		The Owens River, its flow unchecked, made the lowlands of the valley swamps in flood season, but as there were no dams, or money for irrigation projects, much of the valley didn't have enough water.
		Thus the residents of Owens Valley, who had expected to be the beneficiaries of a federal irrigation project, found themselves out of luck, and water, as construction began on the great Los Angeles aqueduct.
	www.usc.edu /isd/archives/la/scandals/owens.html (737 words)

	Owens River Red Apple Railroad (DesertUSA)
		During the years around the turn of the century, Owens Valley citizens kept a close eye on local newspapers for the latest news after rumors suggested a plethora of new railroads would be coming to the region.
		All of the "civilized" towns -- Bishop, Big Pine, Independence and Lone Pine -- were on Owens Valley's west side, nearer the foot of the Sierra, while the railroads favored the wild and desolate country on the east side of the relatively narrow valley, where the majority of mines were located.
		The Owens River Valley Electric Railroad was indeed a "short line," in that it was physically stunted and died aborning.
	www.desertusa.com /mag98/nov/stories/applerr.html (844 words)

	Judge urged to sanction LA Dept. of Water and Power over river restoration
		In 1913, the Lower Owens River was reduced to a trickle after the city began diverting its water into a second system, the Los Angeles Aqueduct, for delivery in the San Fernando Valley.
		The Lower Owens River Project was conceived in 1991 as mitigation for excessive groundwater pumping by the DWP that destroyed 100 acres of habitat in the Owens Valley from 1970 to 1990.
		Striding along the dusty river channel recently, Bagley said, "Restoring this river is a solemn promise DWP made to the citizens of Owens Valley and California.
	www.uswaternews.com /archives/arcrights/5judgurge4.html (1004 words)

	High Country News -- Printable -- February 16, 2004: Owens River will finally get its water back (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A 33-year legal saga that has delayed one of the most ambitious river restorations ever attempted in California is over, thanks to a last-minute lawsuit by the state’s attorney general.
		Inyo County’s Lower Owens River has been dry since 1913, when it was diverted to supply water to Los Angeles, 250 miles to the south.
		Under the settlement, the water will be returned to the river by fall 2005, with an eventual base flow of 40 cubic feet per second — about a quarter of the river’s natural peak levels, according to the Inyo County Water Department.
	www.hcn.org /servlets/hcn.PrintableArticle?article_id=14559 (356 words)

	Mayor Hahn Announces Ladwp, Inyo County Reach Tentative Agreement Over Owens River Restoration Ambitious Project Will ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The proposed agreement, which is subject to approval by all parties involved in the current litigation, paves the way for LADWP to go forward with one of the nation's largest river restoration projects.
		The project was further defined in a 1997 memorandum of understanding, which essentially settled the original lawsuit and outlined deadlines for implementing the LORP and other mitigation measures.
		The LORP represents one of the most significant river habitat restoration projects undertaken in the U.S., according to Mark Hill, a nationally recognized ecologist whose consulting firm, Ecosystem Sciences, Inc., developed the LORP ecosystem management plan.
	nyjtimes.com /Stories/2003/12MayorHahnRivers.htm (714 words)

	Los Angeles Aqueduct - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Los Angeles Aqueduct
		Built in 1908–13, its opening was a key event in the history of Los Angeles, as it allowed the San Fernando Valley to be cultivated and settled.
		The aqueduct taps the Owens River near Aberdeen, 42 km/26 mi north-northwest of Lone Pine, and then flows south along the east of the Sierra Nevada, then south-southwest across the western Mojave Desert, to the San Fernando Reservoir, north of Los Angeles.
		Subsequently, when it was connected to streams feeding into Mono Lake in 1940–41, this lowered the level of the lake, sparking a long political wrangle over water use and despoilation of the environment.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Los+Angeles+Aqueduct (245 words)

	Upper Owens River
		A short reach of the upper Owens River below it's origin at Big Springs and several miles of stream in the Benton Crossing area above Crowley Lake are open to the public.
		Because of the variety of trout strains stocked in Crowley, there are even a few fall-spawning rainbows in the Upper Owens.
		Many of the young trout in the river, eventually, will find their way down to live in Crowley Lake.
	www.dfg.ca.gov /fishing/html/WildAndHeritageTrout/waters/UpperOwensRiver.htm (131 words)

	California Fishing Report for Owens River, Crowley Lake, Hot Creek, San Joaquin River, East Walker River and Pleasant ...
		Owens River, Crowley Lake, Hot Creek, San Joaquin River, East Walker River and Pleasant Valley Reservoir.
		Lower Owens River Wild Trout Section 26-Feb-06 The flows are at 100 cfs.
		Through his efforts, the catch and release area of the Lower Owens River Wild Trout Area was expanded to encompass over 10 miles of river.
	www.cyberangler.com /reports/ca/gunsolley (710 words)

	The Man Who Built the Los Angeles-Owens River Aqueduct
		Spanish explorers discovered it in 1769 and with prophetic vision said that the area surrounding it "has all the requisites for a large settlement." That judgment was rendered seven years before the Declaration of Independence was signed.
		He is best known for building the Los Angeles Owens River Aqueduct; a man-made river flowing through steel pipes and concrete conduits that would far surpass the capacity of the local "river." Within the 20th century, Los Angeles has grown from a town of 100,000 population to a city of more than 3,000,000.
		His crowning achievement was the great aqueduct that stretches 238 miles from the Owens River to Los Angeles, serving people, business and industry with water that springs from the icy streams and crystal lakes fed by the snows of the lofty Eastern Sierras.
	www.amerika.nl /reizen/html/staten/southwest/california/mulholland.htm (1771 words)

	24/6/2004 -- L.A. Plan for Owens River Is Criticized
		A long-awaited Los Angeles Department of Water and Power blueprint for restoring a 62-mile stretch of the Owens River hit a snag immediately after it was released Wednesday, with environmentalists calling it inadequate and threatening to challenge the proposal.
		Of particular concern was the DWP's decision in April to complete the 1,000-page final environmental review of the Lower Owens River Restoration Project without the cooperation of Inyo County and the federal Environmental Protection Agency as required under terms of a court agreement.
		Inyo County has played a key role in negotiations to restore the lower Owens, which was reduced to a trickle in 1913 when the river water was diverted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct for delivery 200 miles south in the San Fernando Valley.
	forests.org /articles/reader.asp?linkid=32992 (964 words)

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