Sign up for a field seminar!
Feb 01, 2012
Registration opened today for all the 2012 Field Seminars. The great selection of classes include birding, photography, kayaking, natural history, pastel painting, botany, geology, basket making, and much more! Check out the seminars and sign up today—spaces are filling quickly.
Two-month dry spell ends with latest closure of Tioga Pass ever
Jan 26, 2012
Following a wet October and a dry November, there were only 3 days in December with a trace of precipitation in Lee Vining. Going into January, the season was at only 33% of average when measured at the NOAA rain gauge at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore. 1989, 1990, 1993, 1997, 1998, [...]
Dogs sniff out important history at Bodie
Jan 24, 2012
Just up the road from Mono Lake, Bodie State Historic Park is an incredible place to visit. Bodie’s cemetery is full of monuments, but park staff have always known that there are many more graves than those that are still marked. The Bodie Foundation recently brought forensically-trained dogs to Bodie to find unmarked remains, as [...]
Coming soon: Wild & Scenic Film Festival Los Angeles
Jan 23, 2012
Mark your calendar and tell your friends—the Mono Lake Committee is hosting the first Wild & Scenic Film Festival in Los Angeles! When: Thursday, March 8, 2012, 7:00pm Where: The Landmark Theater, 10850 West Pico Blvd, West Los Angeles Tickets: will be for sale online soon… The Wild & Scenic Film Festival was started by [...]