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…
Thanks to a partnership between the Mono Lake Committee, our colleagues at Laguna Mar Chiquita in northern Argentina, and Eastern Sierra high school educators, local high school students and teachers are participating in the third edition of Experience Ambientalia. In…
The Los Angeles Times reports today on a significant step for LA’s water resilience and security that will also allow the city to stop taking water from Mono Lake’s tributary streams. In the article, “Los Angeles will nearly double recycled…
Action Alert: Support the Los Angeles–Mono Lake replenishment water plan now The Los Angeles Board of Water and Power Commissioners just approved a major water recycling and groundwater replenishment expansion. They stated that this new, affordable water supply enables LADWP…
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power doubles down on lowering Mono Lake News headlines shined spotlights on Mono Lake this summer. On the front page of the Los Angeles Times “‘It needs more water’: Calls grow for…
Working on this Mono Lake Newsletter, it struck me how many complex, technologically advanced systems are part of the articles that make up this issue. Air quality monitors, Motus stations, water treatment and recycling. Easements and grants for property transfer.…
The Mono Lake Committee’s decades-long effort to secure new local recycled water for Los Angeles, and effectively replace stream diversions from Mono Lake, may be on the precipice of finally being realized. The story begins in the 1980s when the…
This coming January we are pleased to offer a field seminar to appreciate the unique beauty of winter at Mono Lake. Winter Photography at Mono Lake: January 17–19, 2026 You can find the seminar’s itinerary here. Registration will open on…
The Mono Lake Committee invites you to submit photographs for the 2027 Mono Lake Calendar—we are seeking photographs of the highest caliber that capture the spirit and reflect the unique qualities of Mono Lake, its tributary streams, the high country, and…
Spending millions of ratepayer dollars to undermine State Water Board decision The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) is preparing to fight at the future hearing before the California State Water Resources Control Board. While the date has…
