Mike Prather, an environmental activist, spends time at the Lower Owens River, which has been overrun by cattails, cane and bulrushes. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Much of the Lower Owens River has become dominated by tules so tall and dense it may take decades to curb the vegetation. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Francis Pedneau of Lone Pine, Calif., reels in a bass at Lower Twin Lake, which is part of the Lower Owens River Project. The only way to fish this lake is by boat or float tube because tule encroachment has covered the banks. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Owens Valley environmental activist Mike Prather, front, and Inyo County mitigation projects manager Larry Freilich navigate the tule-infested Lower Owens River to Keeler, Calif., by kayak. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
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People around here were led to believe the Lower Owens was going to be a cornucopia of wildlife and boating adventure, but what we got is really a kind of big flop, said Inyo County Supervisor Richard Cervantes, seen with his boat. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Francis Pedneau holds up a bass. Tules clog a 62-mile stretch of the Lower Owens River. See full story(Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
