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Mono Basin StreamRestoration and MonitoringProgram:
Synthesis of InstreamFlow Recommendationsto theState Water ResourcesControl Boardand theLos Angeles Departmentof Water and Power
DRAFT REPORTFOR PUBLIC REVIEW
Prepared by:McBain & Trush, Inc.980 7th St.Arcata, CA 95521andRoss Taylor and AssociatesMcKinleyville, CA 95519January 27, 2010
 
Cover photo: Aerial photograph of Rush Creek watershed, showing Grant Lake reservoir in the upper left, Parker and Walker creeks, and the con
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uence of Rush Creek with Mono Lake (lower right). Image date: June 23, 2003
 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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With release of this Draft Synthesis Report, the Mono Basin once again becomes a focus of attentionin how best to balance water resources for ecological bene
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ts as well as human needs. There is noclear answer, and never will be. In the 2010 Mono Lake Calendar (provided by the Mono LakeCommittee), retired Senior Environmental Scientist Jim Canaday summarized the Mono Basin’schallenge:“The main ingredient for Mono Lake’s future is ‘time’, and continued dedication bythose working for it. Mono Lake is a work in progress. It can take hundreds and incertain instances thousands of years for the present conditions to recover their past.Even with restoration efforts, some things will never be as they were. In the future,the environment of the streams and the lake will surely have changed. So too willthere be new generations dedicated to the protection and recovery of Mono Lake.Where there was once little hope there is now optimism. Continued dedication to the present will ensure a very bright future for Mono Lake.”The Stream Scientists wish to acknowledge the leadership of the State Water Resources ControlBoard and their Staff in championing the Mono Basin program and managing its important water allocation issues. Equally importantly, the licensee – Los Angeles Department of Water and Power – has demonstrated a strong commitment to the recovery of Mono Lake and its tributary streams whileseeking to ensure a water supply for the City of Los Angeles. The many individuals and their effortsare too numerous to list here, but supplies proof of their dedication to make this recovery programsucceed.Several groups ambiguously referred to as the “Interested Parties” have also played an invaluablerole in helping this program succeed. Of course, the Mono Lake Committee and CalTrout, originallitigants in the Mono Basin hearings, have stayed the course, and have provided a tremendousin
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uence on the ‘process’, our understanding of the lake and stream ecosystems, and, perhapsmost importantly, the relevance of achieving the best balance. We also wish to acknowledgethe Department of Fish and Game, US Forest Service, and Southern California Edison, for their  participation in the program.
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