Solar energy plans in the Owens Valley
Rancher Tom Noland leaps Tuttle Creek, which irrigates a field of Spainhower-Anchor Ranch near Lone Pine. In the distance is Fernando Rodriguez, 12. Noland, past president of the Inyo, Mono and Alpine Cattlemen’s Assn., worries that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s proposed solar plant would lead to industrialization of the Eastern Sierra. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
The L.A. Department of Water and Power’s first public hearing about its proposed solar farm in the Owens Valley draws an overflow crowd of concerned residents Tuesday morning in Independence, Calif. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Michael S. Webster of L.A.’s Department of Water and Power makes a presentation before the Inyo County Board of Supervisors at Tuesday’s public hearing, the first for the DWP’s proposed solar plant in the Owens Valley. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Tom Noland’s border collie Pete moves cattle Tuesday in Lone Pine, Calif. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Cowboy Melvin Joseph, on horseback, moves bulls from their winter field to Spainhower-Anchor Ranch, Lone Pine Calif., to mix with cows, as breeding season is about to begin. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Rancher Tom Nolan crosses a walkway across the Los Angeles Aqueduct. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
Jane McDonald, who helps run a farmers market in the Owens Valley community of Independence, is a leader of a campaign to block development of the L.A. Department of Water and Power’s proposed solar energy plant in the Owens Valley. (Don Kelsen / Los Angeles Times)
