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Restoration

Third-driest water year on record

Restoration

DeChambeau Pond #2 makes a full recovery

Natural history

Mono Lake Moment: Paddling through the tufa

Natural history

Mono Lake Moment: Paddling through the tufa

Natural history

Mono Lake Moment: American Dipper

Natural history

Mono Lake Moment: Lee Vining Canyon fall colors

Shoreline of Mono Lake looking west towards the Sierra Nevada with tufa towers reflecting on the glassy lake and the sky is pink, purple, and blue.

Protection

Tioga Inn hearing outcome: FSEIR certified, project approval deferred

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Protection

Tioga Inn public hearing Tuesday, October 13

Three people walking along the shore of Mono Lake with tufa towers around them and in the water, with the snowy Sierra Nevada mountains in the background.

Protection

DWP attempts to undermine State Water Board mandates at Mono Lake

Restoration

Third-driest water year on record

Restoration

DeChambeau Pond #2 makes a full recovery

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

Restoration

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

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Science

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

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.

Science

Video: Osprey banding at Mono Lake

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Science

2020 Phalarope surveys begin at Mono Lake

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