The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) has announced a public meeting to discuss concepts for building large scale solar power generation facilities in the Eastern Sierra. The meeting will be held in Bishop on Monday, January 11, at 7 pm at the United Methodist Church.

The Committee has been tracking this concept very closely as it has a number of major implications for the future management of the city’s lands and water resources throughout the Eastern Sierra.

I’ll be attending the Eastern Sierra Land Trust (ESLT) open house Thursday January 7 from 4-6pm in advance of the LADWP presentation and urge anyone interested to do so as well. It will be a good opportunity to share information and ideas. The details of the ESLT event are available here.

Pieces of the proposal have been reported on here:

Sierra Wave article, December 1, 2009

LA Times article, December 2, 2009

LA Times article, December 18, 2009

I just read Bartshe’s post about the NASA study showing that Mono Lake’s July-September surface temperature warmed about 4 degrees from 64 degrees F in 1992 to 68.3 degrees F in 2008. The article suggests comparing the water temperatures with air temperatures, and I have just done that with the results shown below. (more…)

As we start up a new year here at the Mono Lake Committee, a look back at 2010 reveals many, many highlights over the course of a busy year. We chose our top ten 2010 highlights for you to enjoy!

10.
A rainy October, snowy November, and snowy
December—a wonderful finale to 2010.

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