Paul Liu, manager of the Owens Lake dust mitigation program for LADWP, is looking forward to what comes next. ... “You really have to understand the full scope of what you have at the beginning.

But unlike Owens Lake, which dried up in 1926 due to diversion of its tributaries, the Great Salt Lake remains half full and still has a fighting chance.

Mike Prather, 75, who has lived near Owens Lake since 1980, sits for a photograph in his home in Alabama Hills, an unincorporated area just outside Lone Pine, Calif., on Aug. 11.

But unlike Owens Lake, which dried up in 1926 due to diversion of its tributaries, the Great Salt Lake remains half full and still has a fighting chance. 2.

Mike Prather, 75, who has lived near Owens Lake since 1980, sits for a photograph in his home in Alabama Hills, an unincorporated area just outside Lone Pine, California, on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2022.

But unlike Owens Lake, which dried up in 1926 due to diversion of its tributaries, the Great Salt Lake remains half-full and still has a fighting chance. 2.

The scientists noted that on the northeastern side of Owens Lake, the Keeler Dunes transitioned during the last century from a “largely vegetated dune system” to one that releases more dust.

For over a century, SoCal has taken water from Owens Lake. After record runoff from winter storms, many fear it could cause catastrophic damage to the aqueduct and surrounding areas.

Owens Lake, 220 miles north of Los Angeles, has been drying out since 1913, ... Owens Lake was naturally full of water until the Los Angeles Aqueduct was constructed in 1913, ...

California’s Owens Lake was once the nation’s largest source of PM10, the tiny pollutants found in dust and smoke, ... The Interior West is full of salt lakes, ...

Owens Lake, once full of water, is now a dry, desolate dust bowl. If anyone understands what’s left behind after a gold rush ends, it’s me.

Owens Lake, once full of water, is now a dry, desolate dust bowl. If anyone understands what's left behind after a gold rush ends, it's me. But the ghosts here aren't just long-gone miners, they ...