The Owens Valley Committee

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Owens Valley Committee is a non-profit citizen action group dedicated to the protection, restoration and sustainable management of water and land resources affecting the Owens Valley.  The Committee oversees compliance with and implementation of appropriate water management policy, educates the public, encourages participation in local government, and advocates an inclusive and open decision-making process.

OVC is a party to the 1997 Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) that established the goals and objectives of the Lower Owens River Project.

New: Download the fall/winter '07 newsletter here

News (Click listing for details or go to News for more listings)

2/15/2008  For Valentine's Day, Lower Owens carries LA mayor away
12/12/2007  Deaton retires, and Nahai takes the helm
7/13/2007  In brief: Standing Committee meeting summary
5/23/2007  A first descent: Lower Owens floats their boats
3/13/2007  Judge rules lower Owens close, but no vacation
12/7/2006  At last, water rejoins the lower Owens River
11/30/2006  Mulholland Christmas Carol musical satire opens in LA
11/30/2006  EPA backs down from threats to rural air standards at Mono and Owens lakes
8/30/2006  Ad hoc meetings bring hope to mitigation process
8/30/2006  Ripping yarn or happy ending: Can the Green Book be revised?

Upcoming Events (Click individual listing for details or go to Events for archives)

 

Ripples:

  • See our most recent newsletter (or see previous issues below).
  • Download a PDF of our groundwater brochure.
  • Download a PDF of written comments submitted by the Bristlecone CNPS (cover letter) and Daniel Pritchett, CNPS conservation chair (comments and footnotes), to the Inyo-Los Angeles Standing Committee at the July 9, 2007 meeting.
  • Drain unplugged: Artist John Pugh discusses his inspiration for Drain, an eloquent Bishop historical mural. This page of the artist's site includes photos, links to articles and videos about the mural, and links to photos of other work by the artist.
  • Judge swats LADWP for piddling on river project: Read the Statement of Decision (pdf format) or see "Judge threatens to stop exports" and "Judge rules against LADWP" in our News archives.

Newsletter archives

Download the 2007 spring issue, the 2006 summer/fall issue, the 2006 winter/spring issue, or the 2005 winter/spring issue of Rain Shadow, our biannual newsletter, in PDF format. (Note: If you're using Safari to browse and have any difficulty viewing PDFs in your web browser, try saving the PDF and opening it in Adobe Acrobat.)

This page was last updated 01/13/08.

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