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<br />drought. L.A. refused to institute anv conservation
<br />measures until forced bv a court order and still wound
<br />up with half the savings rate of the rest of the state.)
<br />and: 3) the Department of Water and Power. in prepara'
<br />tion of the installation and opl!ration of meters. sent
<br />mock bills to Owens Valley residents tolaling a frighten.
<br />ing 10 times the actual bills they would be receiving. I.
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<br />.. 'We are a colony of Los AnE,relE's.' a rancher told us.
<br />'Less than 2 perrent of our valley [and I percent of their
<br />water) belongs to us. We pay rent to the Department
<br />of "'ater and Power, even for our stores and churches.
<br />There is more Los Angeles land here than dO...."T1 there
<br />in the city.' ""
<br />Colony? Economic limitations? "Because its natural
<br />OOunty of water is claimed by Los Angeles, (}v.tens Valley
<br />has limiLld facilities for permanent occupancy."t~ "Where
<br />before there had bt-en alfalfa fields waving like a gn-en
<br />canopy to the very base of the Sierras, now then.. were
<br />barren wastes The railroad tracks that had carried
<br />the cars of Owens Valley produce to Los Angeles were
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<br />rusty threads in a wilderness
<br />abandoned to its fate by the
<br />governments. "1'
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<br />Owens Valley was
<br />national and state
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<br />" 'Thev have no reservation or hesitation concerning
<br />the complete destruction of a scenic resource.' one resi.
<br />dent stated... Another resident, one who t1(d the devasta.
<br />tion decades earlier, and later returned, said, "For two
<br />years after I came back. I couldn't pass our old ranch
<br />without crying. ~ow we fight th(> same old problem. The
<br />city built its damnabl{' second aqueduct, and it's pump-
<br />ing underground water to fill it. They've dried e\'ery
<br />spring in the valley floor. They're destro,ring vegetation.
<br />There are rare species in this valley. Instead of fighting
<br />for a ranch, we'r(> now fighting for the survival of plant
<br />and animal communities. "'0
<br />
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<br />
<br />And. so it goes. The Owens Valley Affair, now in its
<br />82nd year, intermittently involving the taking of more
<br />water, spurring more violence, more devastation and
<br />more court battles.
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<br />~",SEOV,\fIOI~ DIST?ICT
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<br />PO Box 1120
<br />Glenwooa Sprtr'19S, COlOrado 81602
<br />303 f 945---8522
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<br />1985
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