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1991 Inyo/Los Angeles Long Term Water Agreement (Inyo County Water Department website)
Green book attachment for the Inyo/Los Angeles Long Term Water Agreement
1997 Memorandum of Understanding (Inyo County Water Department website)
Other water policy documents (Inyo County Water Department website)
Owens Valley water studies and relevant online natural history guides
Danskin, W.R. 1998. Evaluation of the Hydrologic System and Selected Water-Management Alternatives in the Owens Valley, California. U.S. Geological Survey Water-Supply Paper 2370-H. Hydrology and Soil-Water-Plant Relations in Owens Valley, California. [A clear, detailed, and eminently readable review and assessment of water resources in the Owens Valley.]
Hall, Clarence A., Jr., editor. 1991. Natural History of the White-Inyo Range, Eastern California. Berkeley: University of California Press.
Lee, Charles H. 1912. An intensive study of the water resources of a part of Owens Valley, California. Water Supply Paper 294. Department of the Interior United States Geological Survey. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC. [A detailed inventory of Owens Valley groundwater tables and vegetation conducted--not coincidentally--just before Los Angeles began diverting massive amounts of water from the Owens Valley.]
Maps, art, photos, & documentaries
Detailed maps and aerial photos of the Owens Valley on the Terra Server-USA web site
David Maisel examines the Owens Lake in Grist* (*includes Maisel's Lake Project photos) (http://www.grist.org/news/maindish/2005/01/19/maisel/)
Giving Back the Owens (www.owensriver.org)
Stephen Ingram Nature Photography (www.ingramphoto.com): Photographer Stephen Ingram loans us visions of Owens Valley flora and local scenery.
Unplugging Drain: Artist John Pugh discusses his inspiration for Drain, an eloquent Owens Valley historical mural.
Inyo County Water Department (www.inyowater.org)
LADWP (www.ladwp.com)
Great Basin Air Pollution Control District (www.gbuapcd.org)
Agrarian Research & Management Co. (www.agrarian.org)
CA Department of Fish and Game (www.dfg.ca.gov)
California State Lands Commission (www.slc.ca.gov)
Inyo-Mono Integrated Regional Water Management Plan (www.inyomonowater.org)
More information about the Owens Valley and/or water issues (related groups, lectures, field trips, information, and educational sites)
California Native Plant Society (www.bristleconecnps.org)
Sierra Club (nevada.sierraclub.org/rolgroup/)
International Society for Salt Lake Research (www.isslr.org)
White Mountain Research Station (www.wmrs.edu)
Mono Lake Committee (www.monolake.org)
Eastern Sierra Land Trust(www.easternsierralandtrust.org)
Friends of the Inyo (www.friendsoftheinyo.org)
Audubon (ESAudubon.org)
Point Reyes Bird Observatory (www.prbo.org)
Manomet Conservation Center (www.manomet.org)
Valentine Eastern Sierra Reserve (http://vesr.ucnrs.org/)
Consortium for Integrated Climate Research in Western Mountains (http://www.fs.fed.us/psw/cirmount/)
Global Observation Research Initiative in Alpine Environments (http://www.gloria.ac.at/)
Water Education Foundation (www.water-ed.org)