Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

State Parks director resigns amidst financial management revelations

Mono Lake and many other parks have been the source of intense effort over the past year from citizens, non-profit groups, and supporters seeking to keep them open and operating. (We’ve had success at keeping the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve open.) Now investigations into Sacramento-level financial management are turning up new information and today parks Director Ruth Coleman has resigned. More news to come no doubt. The details are in the Sacramento Bee.

Sacramento Bee: California parks director resigns amid scandal