Mono Lake

Monaural Lake Monaural Lake Monaural Lake is a unique waters located in the eastern part of Sierra Nevada. For decades, the Water and Electricity Authority (DWP) in Los Angeles has used its water sources for agriculture. Because, as the altitude of the lake is high, they can easily carry water to the city. Mono lacks people to judge the usual characteristics of the lake: fish can not survive in salt water, because of chemicals and salt, because there is no tree, water is difficult to swim

In 1974, David Gaines began researching the biology of Mono Lake. In 1975, at Stanford University he began to make other people interested in the ecology of Mono Lake. This led to a report on the Monorak ecosystem in 1977, highlighting the dangers posed by water conversion. In 1978, the Mono Lake Committee was established to protect Mono Lake. In 1979, the committee (and nationwide Audubon Association) sued LADWP, claiming that the transfer violated the principle of public trust. The lawsuit arrived in the California Supreme Court in 1983, and the Committee decided that it would benefit. Further litigation that began in 1984, alleging that LADWP does not comply with the State Fisheries Protection Act

Water demand in Los Angeles continues to increase. In 1941, Los Angeles moved water previously supplied from Mono Lake in the northern part of the Owens Valley to the waterway. Migratory migratory bird ecosystems are threatened by declining water levels. Between 1979 and 1994, David Gaines and Mono Lake Commission sued Los Angeles. Lawsuits have forced Los Angeles to stop converting water from Mono Lake and Mono Lake began picking up to support its ecosystem. In 1833, Joseph Ledeford Walker entered the California state for the first time in the central part. Walker saw that the soil condition of the valley was not so good on the other side of Sierra Nevada, and the outflow from the mountain was absorbed by the dry desert. First public opinion survey conducted by A. W after the United States got control of California state in 1848

In the eastern part of the Sierra Nevada mountains there are the Owens valley, Mono lake and important migratory bird habitat. In the western part of the state there is Clear Lake, the largest freshwater lake area in California. Lake Tahoe is bigger, but it is separated by the border between California and Nevada. The Sierra Nevada mountains reach the Arctic temperature in the winter and dozens of small glaciers, including the Palisade glacier, the most southern glacier in the United States. Approximately 45% of the total area of ​​the state is covered with forest and the diversity of California pine species is not comparable to any other province. In addition to Alaska, California has more forest areas than any other state. Many of California 's White Mountain trees are the oldest trees in the world, and individual Awashimatsu has a history of over 5000 years.