(As always, the complete mission
statement, including education and cooperative
solution goals, can be found on the inside cover of this
newsletter.)
Until 1994, most of the protection activities of the
Committee focused on using law, science, and political
pressure to win protection for Mono Lake and Mono Basin
streams and wetlands. After the landmark Water Board
decision in 1994, that focus moved to devising a
restoration plan that would be approved by the Water
Board.
The Water Board has now released its draft order
regarding the restoration of Mono's streams and waterfowl
habitat. When this order is finalized, we will celebrate
another milestone.
Then, for the decades ahead, the Committee's
protection and restoration focus will be on two things:
implementing the restoration plan, which will require
testing, monitoring, and adjustments along the way; and
on ensuring that California's water policies
vigorously promote water conservation, water recycling,
and groundwater management.
We, as staff of the Mono Lake Committee, and you, as
members, can expect to be challenged, inspired, and
humbled by these ongoing tasks. Protection and
restoration of the Mono Basin ecosystem remain at the top
of Mono Lake's needs, making our mission as relevant
today as it was when we began in 1978.
