Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

Spring & Summer 2013 Mono Lake Newsletter available online

I hope you get to visit Mono Lake this summer. I hope you walk through the sagebrush down to the shoreline to say hello to the alkali flies. I hope you get to see a sunset, or a sunrise, or the march of puffy clouds across the quiet sky. I hope you fish one of the streams, photograph a tufa tower, see a bird you’ve never seen before, go for a float.

Why do I hope this for you? There are two reasons: the first is that there is a small, but dedicated staff that has been working tirelessly through the chilly winter months to prepare for your visit. We’ve been working to make sure that this special place is protected, that water flows down the creeks, that there are tours and seminars to be taken, that new books are available for you to read, that our fleet of canoes is ready to paddle, a water fountain for filling your bottle, and an ecosystem working its way steadily back to health to be explored. “Really?” You may be thinking, “for me?” Yes, read on and you’ll see it’s true.

The second reason is that visiting Mono Lake makes you an official member of the “I ♥ Mono Lake” club. Mono Lake will change you—I don’t know how it does it, but I haven’t met a single person who hasn’t had it happen. I am, admittedly, biased, but I’d even go so far as to say that it will make your life better. Again, the proof is in the pages that follow.

So, if you’re reading this while standing at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore, if you just got your Newsletter in the mail, or if you just clicked a link to get here … the message is the same … what are you waiting for?