by Deb Murphy | Mar 22, 2022 | LADWP, Nature
The 2021-22 water year got off to a rousing start in early winter with an epic snow dump in the Eastern Sierra. The only problem for area water-watchers: that was pretty much all Mother Nature wrote. The grim implications were one of the topics at last...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 14, 2022 | Entertainment, General Misc. Stories, LADWP
– On World Water Day, March 22 at 6:30 PM, the Keep Long Valley Green (KLVG) will launch the virtual premiere of our film Without Water. Without Water documents the ongoing dispute between the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) and...
by Press Release | Mar 2, 2022 | Fire, General Misc. Stories, LADWP, Press Release
(March 2, 2022 – BISHOP, CA) Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) urges members of the public to avoid undeveloped areas from East Line Street to Warm Springs Road in the Artesian Springs area in order to help protect the Owens River riparian corridor...
by Press Release | Feb 17, 2022 | breezy, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CAL Fire, California Dept Fish & Wildlife, California Highway Patrol, CalTrans, Fire, Heavy Smoke, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, LADWP, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
Here is the latest on the vegetation fire that started 2-16-22 at 12:40 PM, known as the Airport Fire. The estimated acreage is 2,880 with 0% containment. No structures have been damaged or destroyed, but 150 structures are threatened. No injuries or fatalities. The...
by Deb Murphy | Feb 16, 2022 | Inyo County, LADWP, State of California
Five years ago, public entities within the Owens Valley aquifer joined in on the development of a groundwater sustainability plan dictated by the state’s Sustainable Groundwater Act. It’s been a bumpy ride that seems to have ended with the majority of what...
by Deb Murphy | Jan 2, 2022 | General Misc. Stories, LADWP, Mammoth Mountain, News Releases, Press Release, Weather
Mammoth Mountain is boasting the biggest early season snow dump since 2010. Photos on the internet show cars weaving down a Sierra Nevada mountain road surrounded by massive cliffs of snow. We’re blessed, despite having to shovel all that stuff off our...