A close up of yellow wildflowers overlooking the teal waters of Mono Lake on a cloudy day.

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When will Tioga Pass open?

This is the big question right now: When will Tioga Pass open this summer? After a record-breaking winter, Tioga Pass is likely to open later than it ever has since record keeping began in 1933. July opening dates are already…

2023 Mono Lake Committee Scholarship recipients

Last month, Mono County high school seniors celebrated graduation throughout the Eastern Sierra. The Mono Lake Committee awarded $1,000 scholarships to two very deserving seniors: Esha Eilts from Lee Vining High School and Kelly Thompson from Coleville High School. Along with submitting…

Letters to the editor: Los Angeles Times opinion piece

Today the Los Angeles Times published two letters in response to the opinion piece by Bruce Resnik of a few days ago. We love the headline: “L.A. doesn’t need Mono Lake’s water—but Mono Lake desperately does.” Thank you to Thomas…

Los Angeles Times opinion piece on Mono Lake

This morning the Los Angeles Times published an opinion piece entitled “A wet winter began to replenish Mono Lake. L.A. should let it be a lake again.” The opinion writer, Bruce Reznik, is the executive director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper;…

Naturalist notes

California Gulls fly from their nesting colony on the  islets east of Negit Island to the edges of Mono Lake to forage in the shallows and along the shoreline where flies congregate, and to bathe in the freshwater flowing in…

Road construction season near Mono Lake

If you’re on your way to Mono Lake this month, be prepared to encounter numerous road construction projects. Some projects are much needed after last winter’s harsh weather and others have been long-planned and are taking place this summer. Please…

Phalarope Festival coming up this Sunday

Join us for the Mono Basin Phalarope Festival on Sunday, June 18 from 11:30am to 4:00pm in Hess Park in Lee Vining to celebrate the tiny shorebird that connects the saline lakes of the Americas: Mono Lake, Great Salt Lake,…

Summer 2023 Mono Lake Newsletter now online

Planning for the future in California’s wet-then-dry, whiplash climate pattern is a very real challenge. The big winter we just came through has changed much about how Mono Basin residents are planning for the future. For example, my husband and…