The Owens Lake at a distance–the only way most people ever see the lake–appears to be a wasteland, a dead and dusty plateau.  But even before restoration efforts began, the lake supported life at its fringes around the few areas still fed by springs and artesian wells.  And now that the LADWP has begun rewatering the lower Owens River and expanding shallow flooding in the lakebed, life has rushed back in with astonishing speed, giving just a hint of what the lake could look like with further restoration and reminding us all what was lost when the Owens was drained dry.  Read more about my project here. A Red-Winged Blackbird…