The Owens Valley Committee

We watch the water.

 

photo by Stephen Ingram

Welcome to OVC Web!

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.

Ripples:

• See information about the Coso Operating Company's groundwater extraction project in our Issues section.

• Download our most recent newsletter (winter 2008/09) here.

• In honor of our web site's seventh anniversary in November 2008, we upgraded several sections of the site this November and December, including our navigation menus, reading room, Blackrock groundwater pages (in the Issues section), and our Owens Valley natural history section. However, if there's something you think we missed or something you've always wished were on our site, there's no time like the present to let us know.

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

5/8/2009  Supervisors uphold permit for groundwater export project
1/17/2009  Hay Ranch groundwater pumping: extracting the effects of water transfers
11/18/2008  On the agenda: Owens Lake
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

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

 

This page was last updated 06/28/09.

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