This winter has exceeded all expectations in terms of snowfall at Mono Lake. From the Mono Basin’s tallest mountains to the low-lying shores of the lake, the snowpack is deep and persisted through the month of March in an unprecedented…
In remarkable deep snow conditions, Mono Lake Committee staff skied from Lee Vining to the lakeshore this morning, April 1, to read the level of Mono Lake cooperatively with the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP). The level…
The deadline to submit your comment letter to the State Water Board on the recent Mono Lake public workshop is fast approaching. Comment letters are due to the State Water Board at 4:00pm PDT on Friday, March 24, 2023. Mono…
It is my pleasure to welcome local artist Rosemarie Willimann and her paintings to our gallery as the first art show of 2023. Though we are currently experiencing what feels like an endless winter, Rosemarie’s new show, Seasons of the…
This March brought many new and exciting events … but one was missing: the Mono Lake Committee’s hosting of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. For the past 11 years we’ve been thrilled to bring the South Yuba River Citizens…
Note: This post was originally published as Guest Commentary on CalMatters; it is posted here with permission. In 1994, I stood at a crowded dais in Sacramento where the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Department of Water and…
Note: For up-to-date highway information see the travel resources at the bottom of this post. 395 reopens with escorts from Lee Vining to State Route 167 March 23, 2023: Caltrans will be escorting travelers on U.S. Highway 395 between the…
In the Mono Basin, the 2022–2023 season made snowfall history in January—and February—and is poised to set new records again as March snowstorms pile more snow on top of an already-record snowpack. Highway 395 has been closed due to several…
Note: This post is the transcript of the Mono Lake Committee’s presentation for the State Water Board’s Mono Lake workshop on February 15, 2023. Executive Director Geoffrey McQuilkin gave the slide presentation, which we have adapted here for the website.…
Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times article, “LA’s new water war: Keeping supply from Mono Lake flowing as critics want it cut off,” on the State Water Board’s Mono Lake workshop left readers and workshop attendees, well … wondering. Print space and…
