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

Woman in a National Park Service vest and ball cap standing in front of a large waterfall.

September 10, 2020

A star from the Mono Basin Scenic Area’s past retires

Stories

Wildfire flames and plume of smoke along the shore of Mono Lake in the distance with a truck driving down a contry road towards the fire.

September 3, 2020

South Tufa & Navy Beach will remain closed through Labor Day weekend

Travel conditions, Visit

September 1, 2020

Celebrating California Biodiversity Day 2020 at Mono Lake

Natural history

A research drone hangs in the air next to a person holding the drone controls on a bright sunny day at Mono Lake with the lake and mountains in the background.

August 26, 2020

Point Blue Conservation Science highlights a four-decade partnership with the Mono Lake Committee

Science

Two researchers sitting in a boat with one holding a baby Osprey, fish eating hawk, while they look at the band on the bird's leg.

August 24, 2020

Video: Osprey banding at Mono Lake

Science, Videos

View from the road to South Tufa with burned vegetation and black fire scars with Mono Lake in the smokey distance.

August 19, 2020

Firefighters close to containing Mono Lake’s Beach Fire

Travel conditions

A wildfire with red and orange flames and a large plume of dark smoke in a large open expanse of sagebrush along the shore of Mono Lake.

August 17, 2020

Beach Fire ignited by lightning near Mono Lake’s southeast shore

Travel conditions

August 15, 2020

The Mono Lake Story film

Help us to continue the inspirational Mono Lake story—become a member of the Mono Lake Committee today! Mono Lake is a striking blue oasis in the eastern California surrounded by desert peaks, volcanoes, and the Sierra Nevada. Strange tufa tower…

Videos

August 14, 2020

Tioga Inn indecision

Protection