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4:00 pm … snow still falling

Monday, January 18th, 2010 by Arya, Communications Director

Yep, the snow is still falling—sometimes fast, sometimes with big heavy flakes, but always, falling. It’s beautiful, and exciting, and the roofs are shedding like little avalanches and here in the office we’re taking turns outside with shovels. Greg said it looked like there was one hour around lunch when it snowed 3 inches just behind the office. Santiago said in one 45 minute period we got 2 inches in front of the store. I got the lucky shovel shift with our awesome town plow driver: shovel out a pile, swipe with big plow blade, repeat.

Here are some photos (more…)

9:00 am … snow is falling

Monday, January 18th, 2010 by Arya, Communications Director

Lee Vining-ites woke from last night’s clear starry skies to slow encroaching snow this morning. The snow started coming down around 9:00 am, and now at 10:30, it’s definitely sticking and starting to accumulate. I went out and shot a couple of photos … we’ll see if this storm is worth doing before-and-after shots!

If you are traveling in the area please, please drive carefully. We’ve had two bad accidents close to town in the last week … and that was before the snow even started to fall. As I took these photos out in the street just now people were flying by way too fast—I try to remind myself that we carry our most precious cargo, the people we love and care about, in our cars.

10:30 am Monday January 18 -- HWY 395 looking north from the Mono Lake Committee.

10:30 am on Monday, January 18---Highway 395 looking north from the Mono Lake Committee.

Looking south.

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What does a 95 mile per hour wind gust look like?

Sunday, December 6th, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

It’s Sunday afternoon at the Mono Lake Committee office here in Lee Vining and I just got back from a mission to photograph what looks like it could be another airborne particulate matter (dust storm) record-breaker of a day. While out photo-documenting at various promontories around the basin it occurred to me that monophiles might actually be curious about what the strong wind gusts we experience in the Mono Basin are like.

The Great Basin Unified Air Pollution Control District measures dust storms at Mono Lake, and their monitoring stations have the most accurate data. But here’s more of a personal account of what it’s like.

When Geoff calls to say that you can’t see Paoha Island from the stretch of Hwy 395 along the lake, I grab the camera (more…)

Fall Mono Lake Newsletter now online for everyone

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

2009 Fall Newsletter coverThe Fall 2009 edition of the Mono Lake Newsletter is now available online and in color. Can you find yourself in the crowd on the cover? Want to know the status of Willow Flycatchers on Rush Creek? … see the interview with (more…)

Patagonia adds tools to the kit

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

Patagonia, the clothing company, has a well-deserved reputation for supporting environmental causes and Mono Lake is no exception. From designing our logo back in the 1980s to helping with the remodel of the Information Center & Bookstore in the 1990s, to providing life jackets for the canoe program in 2007, Patagonia has most certainly lived up to its reputation, and we’re proud to have a legacy of working with this innovative company.

Last weekend Patagonia hosted their 11th Tools for Grassroots Activists Conference, and I was lucky to (more…)

2011 Mono Lake Calendar call for submissions

Friday, October 16th, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

Calling all professional and serious amateur photographers who have taken recent photographs of Mono Lake! The Committee calendar team has announced the December 1 deadline for Mono Lake Calendar submissions for the 2011 calendar. (more…)

New picture tour of LA Aqueduct on Aquafornia

Tuesday, October 13th, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

Have you ever wondered how all of those pipes, ditches, and lakes along Highway 395 connect, or how a rain drop that falls on the east side of Mt. Dana might get to Los Angeles? Well, you’re not alone, (more…)

Ane Carla Rovetta pastel show at the Mono Lake Committee extended until December 31

Tuesday, August 25th, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

“Impressions from the silent sage … Great Basin paintings,” the current show in the Mono Lake Committee Gallery has been extended through the end of the year due to popular demand! Rovetta’s beautiful and very reasonably priced art has been flying off the walls; card sets are available as well. Be sure to stop in and see the show on your next visit to Mono Lake!

The Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore is open from 8am-9pm through Labor Day and 8am-7pm after that.

Artist Ane Carla Rovetta with one of her paintings in the Mono Lake Committee gallery. Photo by Arya Degenhardt.

Artist Ane Carla Rovetta with one of her paintings in the Mono Lake Committee gallery. Photo by Peter Bergen.

Ane Carla Rovetta’s formal training was as a zoologist. Like the artisans of the European Renaissance, (more…)

Add your Chautauqua photos to the flock

Monday, July 20th, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua participants asked to be able to see photos taken during the event, and voila, a special Flickr group just for you! We’ve posted a bunch of shots from this year, now it’s your turn to add to the flock. We’d love to see some birds, mammals, reptiles and such from you critter (more…)

Crowd gathers for Save Our State Parks (SOS) Weekend at Mono Lake

Sunday, June 21st, 2009 by Arya, Communications Director

In an inspirational show of support for the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, Bodie State Park, and all State Parks, over 100 people gathered at the Tufa State Reserve Boardwalk at Mono Lake to participate in the Save Our State Parks effort in support of State Parks around California today.

The concern for the future of State Parks runs deep in this neck of the woods, (more…)

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