The Mono Lake Committee is currently hiring for the Project Specialist position. If you are interested, please see the full job description and consider applying. The Project Specialist is responsible for assisting staff in the daily operations of the Mono Lake Committee and…
Thanks to a partnership between the Mono Lake Committee, our colleagues at Laguna Mar Chiquita in northern Argentina, and Eastern Sierra high school educators, local high school students and teachers are participating in the second edition of Experience Ambientalia. Launched…
“Today, my friends, we’ve done the right thing. Today, we saved Mono Lake.”—Marc Del Piero, Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, September 28, 1994 On September 28, 1994, the California State Water Resources Control Board issued Decision 1631,…
Fall color season is off to a good start in the Eastern Sierra with a cold snap last week that kicked things into gear! Here in the Mono Basin the aspens, cottonwoods, and willows are steadily turning more colorful every…
Forty years ago, in 1984, Congress established the first Scenic Area designation in the country—the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area. This weekend we’re celebrating these important four decades of protection for Mono Lake and the Mono Basin! On Saturday,…
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley discovered a new organism living in Mono Lake’s water—a species of choanoflagellate they named Barroeca monosierra. Choanoflagellates are single-celled, microscopic organisms that primarily feed on bacteria. Scientists have found that B. monosierra is…
The Mono Lake Committee is currently hiring for the Education Coordinator position. If you are interested, please see the full job description and consider applying. The Mono Lake Committee Education Coordinator is responsible for organizing two major educational events and for leading high-quality…
Bright and early on Sunday, September 8, athletes toed the start line of the 43rd annual Tioga Pass Run. The energy and excitement were palpable as walkers and runners began their 12.4 mile ascent from the Mono Lake Committee in…
Summer afternoons in the Rush Creek bottomlands can be damp and oppressive. My fieldwork partner and I stumble down a dry streambed as mosquitos hum in our ears and birds flit in the blue shadows of the young willows. In…
Forty years ago, in 1984, Congress established the first Scenic Area designation in the country—the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area. Later this month we’ll be celebrating these important four decades of protection for Mono Lake and the Mono Basin!…
