Saving Walker Lake really a 'feel good' proposal? Picture Mason Valley without 80% of its farms

Posted: 10/5/2007

For the umpteenth time, we'd love it if Walker Lake could be 'saved' and Mason and Smith Valleys would not be adversely affected. Fat chance of both happening without some sweeping changes in legislative proposals, though. And don't U.S. Senator Harry Reid and the federal government kind of have the cart before the horse?

When it comes to attempts to gain options for water right sales from upstream owners in Mason and Smith Valleys to send downstream to Walker Lake, shouldn't they first be required to prove that such water delivered to the lake can indeed 'save' the lake without adversely affecting agriculture, domestic and municipal users upstream?

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