But, I digress, whereas I find it laughable and a waste of money, someone will find it enjoyable. Growing up looking at that dry lake daily, and breathing the toxic dust from it when the wind blew from the south, I don't like it. I'm glad DWP has been held accountable for what they did by constructing the aqueduct, but they are still removing every ounce of water they possibly can from the area and that is evidenced by all the ground water being gone or much deeper, the dead trees and dried up meadows, etc., and that's not just in and around Lone Pine, it extends north and south of LP. And how many creeks flowing from the Sierras are now dry beds? There are a couple movie channels here (not Lone Pine) that shows old movies, and once in a while an old western that was filmed in the Owens Valley/Lone Pine area will be aired. The ones that are in color show how green the area used to be. Sage brush was much greener, creeks and the river were flowing with water, there were much more live trees everywhere, and snow covered the Sierras. The black and white movies show the snow and vegetation. I understand the water drying up is a global thing, but this localized drying-up in the Owens Valley was definitely accelerated by DWP.
