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<td><a href=”http://www.monolake.org”><img src=”http://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18299.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”Wishing you and your family a joyous and peaceful holiday season and a happy New Year. Lake level gauge with ice” width=”600″ /></a></td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.monolake.org/”><img src=”http://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18296.jpg” alt=”Broomball in the Mono Basin” border=”0″ width=”600″ height=”160″ /></a></td>
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<td width=”100%” height=”25″ bgcolor=”#660000″ align=”center” style=”background-color: #660000; border-collapse:collapse; font-size: 90%; font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; color: #ffffff;”>a joyous and&nbsp;peaceful&nbsp;holiday season</td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.monolake.org/”><img src=”http://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18295.jpg” alt=”Glassy winter Mono Lake” border=”0″ width=”600″ height=”159″ /></a></td>
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<td width=”100%” height=”25″ bgcolor=”#660000″ align=”center” style=”background-color: #660000; border-collapse:collapse; font-size: 90%; font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; color: #ffffff;”>and a happy New Year</td>
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<td><a href=”http://www.monolake.org/”><img src=”http://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18303.jpg” alt=”Snowy storefront” border=”0″ width=”600″ height=”159″ /></a></td>
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Your support&nbsp;keeps Mono Lake&nbsp;rising
and all the Committee’s <br />
protection, restoration, and education programs vibrant. <br>
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As 2009 comes to an end <br>
we’d greatly appreciate your tax-deductible year-end donation.<br>
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In exchange, we’ll put your gift toward our work
to achieve the maximum benefit <br>
for Mono Lake, its tributaries, and surrounding lands
in 2010. <br>
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Plus year-end donations earn matching funds for the Committee and can qualify you for a Mono Lake Calendar, notecards, or unique artwork.<br>
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Long Live Mono Lake!
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Ensure the delivery of your Mono Lake Committee emails by<BR>
adding <A title=”E-mail monolakecommit...@monolake.org” style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”mailto:monolakecommit...@monolake.org”>monolakecommit...@monolake.org</A> to your address book.<BR>
To stop receiving occasional updates from the Mono Lake Committee, <A style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”http://longlive.monolake.org/site/CO”>unsubscribe here</A><br>
You can also <A style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”http://longlive.monolake.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=members_i&amp;autologin=true”>update your email info and other membership information</A>.<BR>
To contact us, hit reply now, call,  email us at <A title=”E-mail monolakecommit...@monolake.org” style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”mailto:monolakecommit...@monolake.org”>monolakecommit...@monolake.org</A>,
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or stop by and visit us  at Mono Lake; we’re here all year.
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Mono Lake Committee, Hwy 395 at 3rd Street, PO Box 29<br>

Lee Vining, California, 93541&nbsp;&nbsp;(760) 647-6595</span></p>
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The quiet winter season has settled on the Mono Basin, with the Scenic Area Visitor Center closed, Nicely’s Restaurant closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Tioga Pass closed for the season. The Mono Lake Committee Information Center and Bookstore remains open 9-5 daily (except certain holidays). With no snow around Mono Lake, the access to visitor sites is good and hiking is still great, although (more…)