Number: 1980-41
WHEREAS, Mono Lake in California is a uniquely important resource as a habitat for wildlife and for its scenic and scientific values; and
WHEREAS, the diversion of water from its major tributary is having a significant and negative impact upon the lake and the wildlife dependent upon it; and
WHEREAS, an interagency task force has developed and recommended a draft plan, “Plan P”, to protect natural resources of the basin; and
WHEREAS, “Plan P” would restore the water level to its 1970 elevation, in part through a modest program of water conservation and wastewater recycling in Los Angeles, with many benefits;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the National Wildlife Federation, in annual meeting assembled March 20-23, 1980, in Miami Reach, Fla., hereby endorses the intent of “Plan P” and preservation of the wildlife resources of Mono Lake.