Snow conditions at Tioga Pass
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…
Blog
Education fundraiser in memory of Andrea Lawrence
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…
Support Tribal Beneficial Use designations that protect Tribal heritage and practices in the Mono Basin
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. …
Free program April 11 on the fisheries history of Walker Lake, Nevada
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…
April 1, 2024 Mono Lake level triggers important choice for DWP
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…
Diverse Los Angeles coalition calls on Mayor Bass to not increase water exports from the Mono Basin this year
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 science behind the petition: Mono Lake and the Wilson’s Phalarope under the Endangered Species Act
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…
Endangered species protections sought for a Mono Lake favorite: Wilson’s Phalaropes
Today, the Center for Biological Diversity led a diverse coalition of scientists and conservation groups, including the Mono Lake Committee, in filing a legal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) seeking protections for the Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus…
The story of the Wilson’s Phalarope, a new Mono Lake must-read
In a captivating and thoroughly enjoyable cover story in the Spring 2024 edition of Audubon Magazine, writer Andy McGlashen has done rare justice to the story of the curiously obscure Wilson’s Phalarope, the saline lakes they depend on, and the…
Experience Ambientalia at the International Phalarope Working Group meeting
Mono Lake Committee staff had the privilege to attend the International Phalarope Working Group meeting, February 26–29 at Laguna Mar Chiquita in Cordoba, Argentina. I was invited to speak at the conference alongside Experience Ambientalia Executive Director Marina Castellino to…