**This summit is for MOU parties only.  The public is not invited until a meeting in December.  This according to Jim Yannotta, DWP manager.

Boating through the tules.  Photo by Frank Colver

Boating through the tules. Photo by Frank Colver

Press Release from the Owens Valley Committee  –

Ecosystem Sciences, consultants for the Lower Owens River Project (LORP), recently released an agenda for a three-day “LORP River Summit” to start at 8:00 am Tuesday July 29 at the multipurpose room of the DWP office in Bishop. The first day will include sessions on the historic/legal background of the LORP, interpretations by the MOU parties of the MOU and EIR goals; current LORP ecologic and hydrologic conditions, and successes and failures of adaptive management.

The second day will be a LORP field trip. The third day will include a facilitated discussion of future management and a session on potential changes to the MOU and LORP EIR.   The Owens Valley Committee invites the public to observe the proceedings on July 29 and July 31. Space will be limited, so those interested should arrive promptly to get a seat.

More information: ovcweb.org

 

 

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