This essay, written by Kristine Zeigler, appears in the 2021 Mono Lake Calendar. Please, stop what you’re doing and hop in. I am going to take you to Mono Lake, one of North America’s oldest lakes, transporting you with my words…
Your support helps keep Mono Lake on the rise, its tributary streams flowing, and its surrounding lands protected season after season. Thank you for being a part of protecting this special place. As we near the end of 2020 we would…
This Mono Lake Moment takes you down the snowy boardwalk at the Mono Lake County Park and there’s an unexpected wildlife sighting, a Wilson’s Snipe. Can you pick it out in the straw-colored grass where it is perfectly camouflaged? Wishing…
Your support helps keep Mono Lake on the rise, its tributary streams flowing, and its surrounding lands protected. Thank you for being a part of protecting this special place. As we near the end of 2020 we would greatly appreciate…
This candid Mono Lake Moment follows Black Bear (Ursus americanus) tracks in the snow up a steep hill above Lee Vining and reflects on life in this small unique community filled with character, perched on the edge of the Great…
Today the Mono County Board of Supervisors considered final approval of the Tioga Inn project and deliberated the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe’s request to delay. The Tribe had made a formal request to postpone final consideration until they have had…
In today’s Mono Lake Moment we take a trip to Old Marina. The lake is a glass mirror, the mud is squelchy and crunchy, and a few Ruddy Ducks paddle by on this perfectly calm fall day. Sir Patrick Stewart…
There will be yet another, and final, Mono County Board of Supervisors special meeting on the Tioga Inn project, and it has been scheduled for Tuesday, December 15 at 12:30pm. Two months ago, at an October 14 hearing, the Board…
Today’s Mono Lake Moment sits you down on the side of a frozen freshwater lake in the Mono Basin to listen to it sing and crack in the warming sun. The sounds shoot through the ice and rumble below the…
After a months-long closure, the South Tufa area and Navy Beach will be reopening soon; the exact date is yet to be announced. These two popular visitor locations along Mono Lake’s south shore were closed in mid-August when the Beach…
