THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! is a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! Audio Tour

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Stan Matlick shares his family's 100-year ranching history in Bishop, CA.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 7: Stan Matlick, Bishop Rancher

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICES: Historians William Kahrl & John Walton outline key events before the Angeles Aqueduct was completed in 1913.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 3: City of Destiny (William Kahrl with John Walton)

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICES: Historians William Kahrl and John Walton overview deception and civil unrest within the Owens Valley during the 1920s.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 4: There It Is—Take It! (William Kahrl with John Walton)

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Big Pine Paiute tribal member Alan Bacock recounts the landscape of his ancestral people before European settlement.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 2: Alan Bacock, Big Pine Paiute Tribal Member

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: OVC’s Mark Bagley illuminates environmental impacts within the Owens Valley that ushered in the modern the “Water Wars.”

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 5: Mark Bagley, Owens Valley Committee

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Sierra Wave Media’s Benett Kessler reported on LADWP-related issues in the Owens Valley for 37 years.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 10: Benett Kessler, Sierra Wave Media

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Daris Moxley’s family has operated a 200-acre LADWP ranch lease in Bishop since the 1930s.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 9: Daris Moxley, Bishop Rancher

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Harry Williams, a Bishop Paiute tribal member and environmental activist discusses the ancient irrigation systems of the Paiute.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 8: Harry  Williams, Bishop Paiute Tribal Member

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: LADWP Water Resources Manager Brian Tillemans discusses the Lower Owens River Project.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 12: Brian Tillemans, LADWP Water Resources Manager

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Lone Pine resident Mike Prather describes the return of migratory bird populations on the newly rewatered Owens Lake. Photograph of avocets in flight by Gail Klett.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 14: Mike Prather, Environmental Activist

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: LADWP Public Relations Officer Chris Plakos describes the infrastructure of the Los Angeles Aqueduct system.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 1: Chris Plakos, LADWP Public Relations Officer

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Former Inyo County Water Dept. Director Greg James explains the 1991 Inyo-LA Long Term Water Agreement.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 6: Greg James, Former Inyo County Water Department Director

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct.  

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Thaddeus Taylor shares an ongoing dispute with LADWP over surface water flows running through the 40 Acres community. 

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 11: Thaddeus Taylor, 40 Acres Resident

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Ted Schade of the GBUAPCD explains why Owens Lake is the largest single source of PM-10 in the nation.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 13: Ted Schade, Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Sam Wasson, a retired LADWP employee and long-time resident of Keeler, recounts an Owens Lake dust storm event.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 15: Sam Wasson, Retired LADWP Employee & Keeler Resident

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: LADWP’s Bill VanWagoner explains the department’s dust mitigation efforts being implemented on Owens Lake. 

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 16: Bill VanWagoner, LADWP Owens Lake Dust Mitigation Manager

This track is part of a 17-track set for THERE IT IS—TAKE IT! a self-guided car audio tour along U.S. Route 395 through Owens Valley, California, examining the social, political and environmental history of the Los Angeles Aqueduct. 

For the entire program set, click here: http://soundcloud.com/kstringfellow/sets/there-it-is-take-it/

VOICE: Long-time Independence resident Nancy Masters elucidates on community activism and the future of Owens Valley.

For more information and project credits, please visit the project website: www.thereitistakeit.org.

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, an independent non-profit state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. For more information, visit www.calhum.org. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of California Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Track 17: Nancy Masters, Community Activist

Kim Stringfellow is an artist, educator, writer and independent curator based in Joshua Tree, CA. Her work bridges cultural geography, public practice and experimental documentary into creative, socially engaged transmedia experiences. She is a 2016 Andy Warhol for the Visual Arts Curatorial Fellow and a 2015 Guggenheim Fellow in Photography. She was awarded an honorary doctorate from Claremont Graduate University in 2018. Stringfellow is a Professor Emeritus at San Diego State University’s School of Art + Design.