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Acres of dusty lakebed will be exposed by DWP exports

Air quality violations likely to increase In 1994 the California State Water Resources Control Board issued Decision 1631, mandating a Mono Lake elevation of 6,392 feet above sea level that balanced protection of Public Trust resources and continued delivery of…

DWP preparing aggressive hearing strategy

Will Los Angeles choose to use it? The Mono Lake Committee is actively preparing for the upcoming California State Water Resources Control Board hearing in 2025 about Mono Lake’s low level, its unfulfilled protection mandate, and modifying the Los Angeles…

World Wetlands Day 2025 with Experience Ambientalia

Earlier this month, Lee Vining students participating in the Experience Ambientalia program celebrated World Wetlands Day. In partnership with the Mono Lake Committee, local high school teachers, and our colleagues at Laguna Mar Chiquita in northern Argentina, these students learned about…

Winter & Spring 2025 Mono Lake Newsletter

Did you know there’s a tiny mammal (see photo below) in the Mono Basin that had never been photographed alive until last fall? Mono Lake and the Mono Basin are full of wonders that inspire that type of question. The…

Tribal Beneficial Uses designation delayed

After a historic hearing in spring 2024 to consider Tribal and public testimony related to the proposed designation of Tribal Beneficial Uses (TBU) for Mono Lake and its tributary streams, action to designate has been delayed. The Lahontan Regional Water…

A black woodpecker with tawny breast and face markings hangs to bark of a tree trunk visibile behind a mess of smaller branches.

Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua: June 20-22, 2025

Since 2002 the Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua has brought birders together to enhance appreciation and understanding of the Mono Basin’s diverse and abundant bird life and to educate the public about this area’s value to birds and people. The Chautauqua…