Great Basin Water Justice Summit
2024
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Great Basin Water Justice Summit 2024
November 13-15, 2024
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During the Summit, participants attended the Inyo County-Los Angeles Standing Committee Meeting and spoke out against LADWP’s deep aquifer pumping plan.
Logistics
In November 2024, the Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, Great Basin Water Network, Eastern Sierra Land Trust, and Friends of the Inyo hosted the 3rd Annual Great Basin Water Justice Summit.
Tribal leaders, environmentalists, and community leaders from all over Payahuunadü and the Great Basin came together for this event. We discussed threats to our communities and ecosystems across the Great Basin. We envisioned how we can work together to more effectively harness our collective power.
Speakers
Hawk Rosales
Principal, Indigenous Conservation Strategies
Sophia Borgias
Assistant Professor,
Boise State University
Lynn Boulton
Chair,
Sierra Club Range of Light Chapter
Gisele Martin
Cultural Lifeways activist, Indigenous language guardian, and artist
Beverly Harry
River Justice
Tamra Borchardt Slayton
Chairwoman,
Indian Peaks Band of the
Paiute Tribe of Utah
Thomas Gustie
Environmental Director & Natural Resources Coordinator,
Bishop Paiute Tribe
Sally Manning
Environmental Director,
Big Pine Paiute Tribe
Steven Orihuela
Chairman,
Bishop Paiute Tribe
Esther Fillingame
Secretary,
Lone Pine Paiute Shoshone Tribe
Teri Red Owl
Executive Director,
Owens Valley Indian Water Commision
Kyle Roerink
Executive Director,
Great Basin Water Network
Wendy Schneider
Executive Director,
Friends of the Inyo
Charlotte Lange
Chairwoman,
Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a
Meryl Picard
Treasurer/Secretary,
Bishop Paiute Tribe
Noah Williams
Water Program Coordinator,
Big Pine Tribe