Finding hope in a changed world
After driving all day, I arrived at the Pumice Palace in Lee Vining just after sunset, and no one was home … in June 1995 … and in September 2021. In 1995, I was starting my summer internship with the…
Author: Greg, Information & Restoration Specialist
Greg, Information & Restoration Specialist
Third-driest water year on record
At the Cain Ranch weather station five miles south of Lee Vining, where precipitation records go back to 1932, the 2020 water year was the third-driest on record. Only 47% of average precipitation, or 4.92 inches, was measured at that…
Rush Creek’s January 2020 flow among the lowest on record
February 2019 was Lee Vining’s snowiest February on record
Historic images of Yosemite and the Mono Basin
Peak streamflows on Mono Lake’s tributaries exceed expectations
Mono Basin snowpack increases to 76% of average
Saddlebag Lake Reservoir spills
Mono Lake likely to rise four feet over the next year