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Lend a helping hand to Mono Lake’s saline neighbor, Walker Lake
See Gary’s article “Public trust doctrine on the horizon for Nevada after Walker Lake legal victory” for background information about Walker Lake. Walker Lake update In January 2021 the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Walker Lake Working…
DWP’s “new water war” even bigger than LA Times suggests
Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times article, “LA’s new water war: Keeping supply from Mono Lake flowing as critics want it cut off,” on the State Water Board’s Mono Lake workshop left readers and workshop attendees, well … wondering. Print space and…
Will DWP choose wisely? Two paths ahead lead to restoration for Mono’s tributaries
A win for the Mono Basin Scenic Area
CalRecycle accepts settlement agreement and remedies project mistakes Last fall the California Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery (CalRecycle) completed earth work on the former Lee Vining Burn Dump site adjacent to the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area Visitor…
Looking toward the future State Water Board hearing
Purpose: Raise Mono Lake to the Public Trust lake level of 6392 feet With Mono Lake painfully low, talk has been frequent in recent months about the California State Water Resources Control Board’s future hearing on the matter. A hearing…
Public trust doctrine on the horizon for Nevada after Walker Lake legal victory
In a new twist to a long and winding legal battle, a recent Ninth Circuit Court decision offers a possible path to restoration for the long-beleaguered Walker Lake. A fellow terminus lake Around 40 miles (as the gull flies) northeast…
2019 in review: The 5-Mile Radius challenge at Mono Lake
Invasive weed threatens nesting habitat of Mono Lake’s California Gulls