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		<description><![CDATA[This morning the Mono Fire is 70% contained at 1,200 acres. Highway 120 East reopened as well as South Tufa, Navy Beach, and Panum Crater. All regularly scheduled tours are occurring, including daily South Tufa Tours at 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 6:00 pm.
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		<description><![CDATA[Due to the continued closure of Highway 120 East caused by the Mono Fire, tonight&#8217;s South Tufa tour is canceled. It is likely that the South Tufa Area will be closed for the next few days, but we will put updates here as new information becomes available. In the meantime, there are plenty of other [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[On July 24th the Mono Lake Committee and Barefoot Wine &#38; Bubbly held a fashion show fundraiser for the Outdoor Experiences Program. There was a great turnout for a fun show featuring locals strutting down an astroturf runway in the Lee Vining Community Center.
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		<description><![CDATA[Step right up! Step (or drive) right up to the Mono Basin for a morning bird walk sometime soon.
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		<description><![CDATA[As of 5:00pm on Monday July 26th, 2010, a wildland fire was burning north from the West Portal  area along the Mono Craters toward the north. Highway 120 East and Panum  Crater are in the path of the fire. Highway 120 East of Highway 395 to Benton  Crossing Road is currently closed. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Committee storefront plans take shape</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 18:17:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rosanne, Information Center &#38; Bookstore Manager</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Mono Lake Committee staff met with architects from Siegel &#38; Strain to brainstorm ideas for remodeling the front of the Information Center &#38; Bookstore. Siegel &#38; Strain have experience with eco-friendly layouts and materials, and focus on using sustainable, local resources in their plans.
They came to us with some rough plans incorporating the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Take small steps&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/07/20/take-small-steps/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 19:51:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Claudia, Mono Lake Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Take small steps,&#8221; said Santiago Escruceria, the Outdoor Experiences Manager, &#8220;that&#8217;s the trick to hiking on a steeper slope without losing lots of energy,&#8221; and the group took it to heart, suddenly looking like the experienced hikers that we knew they could be.
The group that came to participate in the Mono Lake Committee&#8217;s Outdoor Experiences [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trail Chic fashion show Saturday July 24, Lee Vining</title>
		<link>http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/07/19/trail-chic-fashion-show-saturday-july-24-lee-vining/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 23:16:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Arya, Communications Director</dc:creator>
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I hope you&#8217;ll be in Lee Vining this Saturday for the first ever Trail Chic fashion show at the Lee Vining Community Center. It&#8217;s a fashion show fundraiser for the Mono Lake Committee&#8217;s Outdoor Experiences program.
When: 7:30pm, Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Where: Lee Vining Community Center
What: A fashion show featuring wines &#38; bubbly by Barefoot, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Operation Invasives: Day 1</title>
		<link>http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/07/19/operation-invasives-day-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:21:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Julia, Mono Lake Intern</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Undaunted by menacing storm clouds, a group of ten volunteers from Patagonia&#8217;s Reno store spent Friday afternoon uprooting invasive plants from sites along the Lee Vining Creek Trail. The task seemed pretty hopeless at first, but we removed a whopping sixty-six pounds of bouncing bet and cleared large sections of the trail. Thank you Patagonia!
There&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Historic aqueduct construction documents now online</title>
		<link>http://www.monolake.org/today/2010/07/16/historic-aqueduct-construction-documents-now-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:36:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg, Information Specialist</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now available on the Mono Basin Clearinghouse are documents pertaining to the construction of the Mono Basin extension of the Los Angeles Aqueduct:

Map of the LA Aqueduct facilities from Lee Vining Intake to West Portal
A 4.3 megabyte download, this high-resolution JPG file shows the control stationing and original names of most of the features of [...]]]></description>
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