Blue Saddlebag Lake in the foreground with high alpine granite mountains with patches of snow in the background.

October 2, 2020

Inyo National Forest partially reopens on October 3

Visit

Great Basin Spadefoot Toad with dark spots on light tan skin sitting in some rocks and grass.

October 1, 2020

Hanno pa’mogo miahoo? Where have the frogs gone?

Editor’s note: Joseph Lent, a Native descendant of the Bridgeport and the Mono Basin Paiute people, is the author of this post. He originally wrote it for the Mono Basin Historical Society; it is published here with permission. Kootsavi-gwaytu; the…

Stories

A glassy pond surrounded by brush with yellow flowers, reeds, and larger trees, with the Sierra Nevada in the background.

October 1, 2020

It takes a village to raise a pond: Working to revitalize the DeChambeau Ponds once again

Restoration

Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore storefront with trees with fall colors out front.

September 30, 2020

Reopening: Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore

Bookstore

Five people standing at the shoreline of Mono Lake, socially distanced and masked, shooting a video from a cell phone on a tripod with a glassy Mono Lake and the Sierra Nevada behind them.

September 28, 2020

Happy September 28th! (Mono Lake holiday)

Protection

September 25, 2020

Mono Lake Moments: Bringing the Mono Basin to you

Introducing Mono Lake Moments, a video series that brings the Mono Basin to you. In mid-March, as the state began to shut down and it became clear that a big change was coming along with COVID-19, our staff put our…

Education, Videos

A lake level gauge, made of a metal pipe with a ruler-like measuring stick attached, pokes up from the surface of a very glassy and highly reflective lake with the lenticular-shaped Black Point and desert mountains in the background.

September 24, 2020

Celebrate September 28th at Mono Lake with us

Protection

Brightly lit tufa towers reflecting in a perfectly glassy Mono Lake.

September 22, 2020

2022 Mono Lake Calendar call for photo submissions

Events

A Kutzadika'a family with a Mother, baby in arms, two young firls, and a Father stand in front of a saddled horse.

September 20, 2020

New legislation seeks federal recognition of Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe

Stories

View of the Merced River flowing through a very smokey Yosemite Valley with orange smoke hanging in the air and coloring everything in muted hues.

September 17, 2020

Yosemite National Park closing tonight at 5:00pm

Travel conditions