It’s snowing at Mono Lake!
The snow is really coming down in Lee Vining—we measured ten inches here at the bookstore at 2:45pm. It’s so great to see it all piling up, knowing that it’s more water for Mono Lake! We hope it’s the start…
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Looking toward the future State Water Board hearing
Purpose: Raise Mono Lake to the Public Trust lake level of 6392 feet With Mono Lake painfully low, talk has been frequent in recent months about the California State Water Resources Control Board’s future hearing on the matter. A hearing…
Inside Climate News covers Mono Lake
Mono Lake is featured this week at Inside Climate News—reporter Bob Berwyn covers the hard-won limits on Los Angeles’ stream diversions that protect the lake and the persistent work needed to keep restoration work moving forward. Rather than sweeping policy…
Holiday shopping that benefits Mono Lake
The holiday season is right around the corner, bringing with it happy reunions and traditions like exchanging gifts. If you’re ready to start making your holiday lists, the Mono Lake Committee online store is a great place to get started.…
Fall 2022 Mono Lake Newsletter now online
This issue of the Mono Lake Newsletter contains a hard question: Will I see Mono Lake rise to the healthy, mandated level in my lifetime? We’ve been hearing that question, and others, from members. As Geoff writes in his article…
Expansion of horse presence in Mono County and at Mono Lake
For decades, wild horses from the Montgomery Pass Herd, located more than 20 miles east of Lee Vining, roamed far from the shoreline habitat of Mono Lake, but that has recently been changing. A new article in the San Francisco…
News from the Great Salt Lake Collaborative
In early August the Mono Lake Committee hosted four journalists from Utah who were here in the Eastern Sierra as part of the Great Salt Lake Collaborative, searching for solutions at the Great Salt Lake’s sister lakes across the Great…
–UPDATE: Phone service restored– Oh no! Our phones are down
UPDATE: Phone service was restored early Thursday morning. You can give us a call at (760) 647-6595—we’d love to hear from you! Our phones are down at the Mono Lake Committee office. Please email us at info@monolake.org to get in…
Research from Mono Lake to Jupiter
Scientists across disciplines flock to the Mono Basin Mono Lake is a place where fascinating geology gives rise to vital ecosystems, and the support offered to researchers through our Mono Basin Field Station means that the Mono Lake Committee has…
First MAT-coordinated research benefits stream restoration
One year ago, the California State Water Resources Control Board issued Order 21-86, mandating enhanced requirements for the restoration of 20 miles of stream habitat in the Mono Basin (see Fall 2021 Mono Lake Newsletter). The order launched a new…