Walker Lake Interpretive Association is a non-profit tax exempt organization of people with a common objective:  to research and share information about Walker Lake.  Our long term goal is to establish an interpretive Visitor's Center at Walker Lake.  The Center will offer interpretive programs, educational activities and recreational events of interest to a diverse population of visitors.....

Walker Lake Interpretive Association Board of Directors consists of volunteers who hope to make the public more aware of the rich resources and history of the Lake through interpretive programs and activities. These programs will be available for school and university groups, service and youth organizations, and the recreational user of the Lake.

Fascinating Facts

• Home to the Lahontan Cutthroat Trout, which formerly reached 40 pounds in size.....

• Humans have been using the resources of Walker Lake for at least the past 11,000 years....

• The Walker Paiute Tribe's name for themselves is the Agaicutta people, their word for the Cutthroat Trout......

• 100 species of birds were counted within 15 miles of the center of the lake during the 1996 Christmas Bird Count, done by the National Audubon Society.

• Walker Lake was named for Joseph Reddeford Walker who passed its shores in 1834, this is one of Nevada's few, large natural lakes.

Summary

The future of Walker Lake is in our hands.  Diversion of the Walker River, for agricultural uses during the past century has resulted in a decline of 126 feet from its 1882 elevation of 4083 foot.  Years of drought have only intensified the dropping level of the lake and as the lake level drops, salinity is increasing.  If it increases beyond a certain level the fish will die and the birds will no longer stop at Walker Lake on their migratory journeys.  Please help us get the word out and preserve this precious resource for future generations....

This website is funded in part by a Grant from
Nevada Commission on Tourism
401 N. Carson St.
Carson City, NV 89701
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Walker Lake Interpretive Association
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