Walker Lake
Interpretive Association
is a Non-Profit Organization Incorporated in the
State of Nevada.
WLIA is a registered 501 C3 non-profit organization with the
United States Internal Revenue Service.
Your membership
fees and donations
are tax deductible
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.
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
1-800-NEVADA-8
http://www.travelnevada.com
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Walker Lake Interpretive
Association Phone: (775) 945-9088
Fax: (775) 945-9831
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