The Committee's positions did change some, through the years. Ironically, improved knowledge about Mono Lake forced the Committee, not to lower their estimates of necessary lake levels, but to actually raise them higher. Most, but not all, of the impacted resources will be restored and protected under this plan. That's always assuming everything goes as planned. It won't be over till the fat bird sings.
Implementation becomes the focus, now, at Mono Lake.
And then there's the rest of the world. We won't let Las Vegas grow unless we know where our water is coming from ahead of time. When the law determines that the public trust is being destroyed by some action, think how refreshing it would be if an agency apologized and quickly cleaned up their act. Declarations of legal war have been the norm, instead. The lessons I see from this Mono Lake experience have to do with consideration for generations beyond our own, taking responsibility for our actions rather than dumping the consequences on others, and the need for a moral code that cherishes all of creation.