Well I was just speculating but I bet it’s not far from the truth. Seems like the Owens Valley could be like the Central Valley if they’d left the water where it belonged.
It is beginning to look that way again...there was a video of the river this year....looks good.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-owens8jul08,0,3409046.story?coll=la-home-center
watch that video for the Owens River
...and the people who live in the Owens Valley could have LAWNS...and FLOWERS...and POOLS.
Sorta’ like they have in LA since they stole it from them.
Yes and no. There were lovely lakes in the Owens Valley. It wouldn’t grow what they grow in the central valley, because the Owens Valley is higher in elevation, therefore cooler at night and has a real winter, unlike the central valley.
But it was a thriving ag area before Mulholland stole the water by buying up ranches through cut-out buyers and diverting the water. They could grow tree fruit, plenty of hay and pasture, but not things like cotton and rice there.