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 Stories About: California AND lakes AND water pollution
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Lake and Bake
Photos of the once-mighty, now-drained Owens Lake |
David Maisel |
19 Jan 2005 |
Main Dish |
| Owens Lake, on the eastern flanks of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in southeastern California, was, at its peak, a 200-square-mile perennial lake. Located at the terminus of the Owens River, it held water continuously for at least 800,000 years. It is now an extreme example of the destabilizing effect of surface-water extraction in desert regions. Click here to start slide show. Beginning in 1913, the Owens ... |
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| Topics: California, lakes, water pollution (all these topics) |
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Taking Liberties?
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07 Jan 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Taking Liberties? The U.S. Supreme Court will begin today to consider a lawsuit over private property development in Lake Tahoe that has had lot owners and land-use planners squared off for more than two decades. At issue is a 1981 moratorium on the development of certain lots where runoff from rain and snowmelt would ... |
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| Topics: California, environmental justice, lakes, Nevada, placemaking, politics, pollution and waste, rivers and watersheds, water pollution (all these topics) |
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