Thursday, November 8th, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
The Mono Lake Committee has just taken another huge step in our efforts to reduce our ecological footprint.
Isabel, Jim, and TJ from Sierra Solar install panels on the roof of the Committee's Information Center & Bookstore. Photo by Bartshe Miller.
The south-facing roof of our bookstore building is now completely covered with 33 photovoltaic solar panels, bringing our total solar panel count up to 42. Local business Sierra Solarinstalled panels on our “ice house” office building in 2010 and came back to complete the solar energy transformation. Committee buildings are now completely maxed out on solar panel surface area and are well on their way to becoming (more…)
Tuesday, November 6th, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
Give the little readers in your life the gift of imagination this holiday season. The Mono Lake Committee’s online store now features two new children’s books for young readers. All the water in the world by George Ella Lyon and Katherine Tillotson is a beautifully illustrated, artfully written (more…)
Sunday, November 4th, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
Among the new items available online are two different kinds of candles—one to add light and color to your room, the other to fill the room with subtle, beautiful fragrance. Vance Family candles are a favorite this time (more…)
Saturday, October 20th, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
Visitors to the Mono Basin and Long Valley area in the next two weeks can expect to see golden aspen trees, snow dusted peaks, and something quite unusual—a lone helicopter flying only 500 feet from the ground.
An example of Mono Basin volcanism: Negit Island, a lava dome on Mono Lake. Photo by Rose Catron.
The helicopter marks an exciting new development in an ongoing project by the US Geological Survey (USGS) to monitor volcanic activity in the Eastern Sierra. (more…)
Monday, September 17th, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
Yosemite National Park has made international headlines this summer after nine visitors contracted hantavirus after visiting the park. Although the presence of hantavirus is not new in the Sierra Nevada, the rodent-carried disease is rare and the high number of cases this summer is unprecedented.
Hantavirus is a respiratory disease that manifests itself in (more…)
Thursday, September 13th, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
Despite a windier summer than the last, canoe tours this season gave a whopping 987 people a chance to experience Mono Lake from the water. Hidden underwater tufa formations, brine shrimp clouds so thick they turned the water murky, Osprey returning to their nests with seven-inch trout in tow … these are just a few of the wonders experienced by visitors this summer.
Canoeing offers a great way to see and learn about Mono Lake. Photo by Angie Glaser.
Some paddlers looked upon the wonders of the lake with fresh eyes, experiencing all Mono Lake has to offer for (more…)
Thursday, July 26th, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
Canoe tours on Mono Lake are really coming to life, thanks to thousands of winged visitors on the southern shore. Whirling flocks of Wilson’s Phalaropes have arrived at Navy Beach, lighting up both lake and sky with their synchronized dancing.
The tiny visitors, weighing only 1–2 ounces, use Mono Lake every summer as a refueling station on their impressive migratory journey. Once they have had their fill of brine shrimp and alkali flies, the phalaropes will use the much needed energy boost to fly to South America where they spend the winter. These amazing little birds serve as an important (and beautiful) reminder that the impacts of a healthy Mono Lake stretch far beyond the Mono Basin.
Wilson's Phalaropes flocking along Mono Lake's north shore. Photo by Bartshe Miller.
Friday, June 1st, 2012 by Angie, Project SpecialistcloseAuthor: Angie, Project SpecialistName: Angie Glaser Title: Project Specialist About: Originally from coastal Southern California, Angie answered the call of the mountains and has spent the past three summers in the Sierra, including one as the Mono Lake Committee's Canoe Coordinator. After graduating from UC Santa Barbara she worked in outdoor education and interned for the National Park Service. When she’s not paddling through swarms of brine shrimp, you can find her backpacking, climbing, or cooking really spicy Thai curry.See All Posts by Angie (18) Contact Angie
June is here! The weather is warm, the birds are gathering, the brine shrimp are frolicking, and the Mono Lake Committee is once again offering naturalist guided canoe tours on Mono Lake. As of today, June 1st, the online reservation system is in action, making it quick and easy to take advantage of the opportunity to experience the treasures of Mono Lake from an entirely new and exciting perspective.
Canoe tours are offered every Saturday and Sunday beginning June 23rd until early September. Tour times are 8:00, 9:30, and 11:00 am, and each guided tour lasts approximately one hour. Tours cost $25 per person, and reservations are required. For more information or to make a reservation, check out our canoeing page!
