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Make a 2025 year-end donation for Mono Lake

To close out 2025 strong we have set a goal of 1,000 supporters donating online to support the Mono Lake Committee this month.  Will you join fellow supporters and help us reach the goal by making a donation of any…

Winter solstice greetings from Mono Lake

From all of us at the Mono Lake Committee, we hope this winter solstice brings you peace, warmth, and the promise of bright days ahead. Member support enables everything we do to ensure Mono Lake will rise, that its tributary…

Short film: Phalarope research at Mono Lake

This gorgeous short film shows an inside look at phalarope research at Mono Lake with researchers Ryan Carle and Nora Livingston. It’s worth a watch to see the research from the water, view great footage of birds on Mono Lake,…

A path toward water for Walker Lake, Nevada

Walker Lake in Nevada is a sister lake to Mono Lake—another Great Basin lake with no outlet and competing interests for water that have left the lake far too low and unhealthy. This short video outlines a groundbreaking land repurposing…

About 15 people standing on the Mono Lake shoreline listening to a person standing in Mono Lake leading a tour on a beautiful sunny day with the snowy Sierra Nevada in the background.

Summer jobs at Mono Lake

Are you interested in exploring a career in conservation? Curious about what it is like to work for a grassroots environmental non-profit fighting for water for Mono Lake and the Mono Basin? We are happy to announce that the application…

Giving Tuesday donations doubled up to $75,000

This Giving Tuesday at Mono Lake comes with a special opportunity: All gifts will be matched dollar for dollar, until we reach $75,000. Thanks to our friend Joan, a longtime member, has challenged us all with a very generous match.…

2025 Mono Lake Committee Annual Report

The Mono Lake Committee’s 2025 Annual Report is now available! The report shows the Mono Lake Committee in action in our focus areas of protection, restoration, education, and scientific research. It also has the Committee’s audited financial information for 2024, the Mono Lake Volunteer roster,…

World Fisheries Day with Experience Ambientalia

On Tuesday, November 11, Eastern Sierra students from two counties participated in the Experience Ambientalia program for World Fisheries Day. In partnership with the Mono Lake Committee, local high school teachers, Beaver’s Sporting Goods, the California Department of Fish and…

Join us for an Eastern Sierra Christmas Bird Count

If you like the holidays, birds, and know how to count, then the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is for you! The 2025 CBC marks the 126th year that the National Audubon Society has organized this international community science event. Every…