Mono Lake Committee and diverse LA coalition call on Mayor Bass to not increase water exports this year Last year was notably wet, raising Mono Lake five feet—and creating a conundrum. Under rules written three decades ago, the lake’s rise…
Although we are still waiting for Highway 120 West to open between Lee Vining and Yosemite National Park, everyone here at the Mono Lake Committee is already dreaming of the adventures we’ll have in the high country this summer. One…
This month we welcomed the art of Robin Chandler and Irene Reti into the Mono Lake Committee gallery. This show, Passion for Landscape, showcases an eclectic collection of paintings and photography of the Eastern Sierra. Robin’s paintings have been awarded…
Last weekend my husband and I ventured up Highway 120 West, on bikes and skis, to check out the snow conditions at Tioga Pass. Caltrans has plowed the road clear of snow all the way up to between the Saddlebag…
Today is our annual one-day fundraiser to raise $5,000 for the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center (OEC). Can you help us reach our goal with your gift of $25, $50, $100 or more today? This fundraiser commemorates the birthday of…
Action alert The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (Lahontan) is advancing the Mono Basin Tribal Beneficial Uses Designation Project. This designation will recognize the important uses of Mono Lake and its tributary streams by Indigenous Peoples since time immemorial. …
Join fellow desert lake fans for a presentation on the fisheries history of Walker Lake, Nevada by Mike Sevon Sevon is a retired Fisheries Biologist who worked for the Nevada Department of Wildlife for 35 years, many of which were…
Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) and Mono Lake Committee staff met this morning at the shore of Mono Lake to conduct the annual joint reading of the surface elevation of Mono Lake. The consensus is that…
The Mono Lake Committee, together with over 25 Los Angeles-based conservation and environmental justice groups, has delivered a letter to Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass asking that the city avoid quadrupling the amount of water it diverts away from Mono Lake…
The Wilson’s Phalarope is an iconic bird of saline lake ecosystems and a species of rising conservation concern across its range in the Western Hemisphere. A coalition of scientists and conservation groups filed a legal petition to list the Wilson’s Phalarope…
