The Owens Valley Committee

We watch the water

Welcome to OVC Web

The Owens Valley Committee is a non-profit citizen action group dedicated to the protection, restoration, and sustainable management of Owens Valley natural resources, especially water.  The Committee monitors compliance with and implementation of water management agreements, 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.

Help OVC fund Slake!

2013 is the centennial of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. While DWP is planning numerous celebrations and commemorations, OVC is trying to fund a series of videos documenting what has really happened in Owens Valley. The videos will be produced by Bristlecone Media, an award-winning production company based in Bishop. Follow the Slake link (to the right) to see a teaser and contribute to the fund drive.
All donations will be matched by the Metabolic Studio!

News (Click listing for details, go to News for more listings, or download our most recent newsletter.)

5/16/2013   Eden Interrupted: Historical perspectives on Owens Valley agriculture
4/14/2013   DWP's Marty Adams to again speak to Inyo Supervisors
4/7/2013   OVC story on KCET
4/3/2013   DWP abandons Owens Lake Master Plan negotiations
2/18/2013   Comments on dust control measures DEIR due March 18, 2013
2/8/2013   Idle No More picketing of LA Aqueduct Centennial commemoration
3/2/2012   Ripples: news in brief from the Owens Valley Committee
12/15/2011   Metabolic Studio will match your donation
12/14/2011   OVC and DFG settle hatchery and stocking EIR lawsuit
7/6/2011   Inyo County challenges Los Angeles groundwater pumping plan

 
Southern California's unquenchable thirst affects rural northern California as well as Owens Valley. OVC supports the work of the AquAlliance to protect the northern Sacramento River watershed.

Inyo County Water Calendar

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