WATERSHED PLANNING PAGE
Project Overview:    

In collaboration with  Mono County Collaborative Planning Team (MCCPT) Mono County applied for, and received two $198,000 grants to write watershed plans for the upper Owens and Walker river area.   When the process is complete, there will be three Watershed Management Plans:  Upper Owens (from Sherwin Grade to the beginning of the Mono Basin), Mono Basin, (June Lake Loop and Mono Lake Basin), and West Walker (Sonora Pass to Topaz Lake).

A watershed plan takes into account the entire drainage instead of looking only at the individual areas of interest to specific agencies (political boundaries). A watershed plan must take into account all stakeholders, such as ranchers, recreationists, property owners (private and public) etc. The plan uses a holistic approach of addressing all uses with a goal of

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life and preservation and appropriate use of our greatest natural resource, water. 

The watershed plan becomes a tool or guide for agencies and stakeholders to use in their decision making process taking into account the entire watershed instead of only particular areas of interest. 

The goal of watershed management is to plan and work toward an environmentally and economically healthy watershed that benefits all who have a stake in it.  Managing the water and other natural resources is an effective and efficient way to sustain the local economy and environmental health.

 
Outreach Meeting Schedule:

As someone with an interest in the resources and conditions in the watershed where you live, work, and play, it is vitally important for you to join us in creating a citizen based watershed managment plan. Dates for the next series of public meetings are as follows -

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WEST WALKER WATERSHED, West Walker Community Center: May 5, June 9, August 8

MONO BASIN, Lee Vining Community Center: April 13, June 8, August 10

JUNE LAKE LOOP, June Lake Community Center: May 3, June 7, August 2

LONG VALLEY, Crowley Community Center: April 27, June 28, August 23

All meetings start at 7:00 pm. Try to attend all three in a series as topics will become progressively more detailed over time.

 
Watershed Maps:
These are 8.5 x 11 maps of the watersheds we will be studying. Larger versions of the maps (24x36) will be on display at the public meetings.
WEST WALKER   Overview Map Detail Map map
MONO BASIN/JUNE LAKE   Overview Map Detail Map
LONG VALLEY   Overview Map Detail Map
 

If you have any questions or have comments about your watershed that you would like to submit, please conctact Greg Newbry at the Community Development Department gnewbry@mono.ca.gov