Fall 2026 Mono Lake Newsletter
A note from the editor: Do you remember setting up dominoes to knock over when you were a kid? It seemed to take forever, requiring concentration to line them up, to not bump the table, to watch for an errant…
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State Water Board hearing launch at hand
All eyes turn to regulator action to fix low lake problem As the end of the year approaches, so does the formal launch of the long-anticipated California State Water Resources Control Board Mono Lake hearing process. Expected to take nine…
Motus operandi: Migration monitoring at Mono Lake
2026 was the Mono Lake Committee’s fourth year managing Motus wildlife tracking stations at Mono Lake. The Committee’s three stations have helped detect and track the movements of 15 Red-necked Phalaropes and five Wilson’s Phalaropes tagged at Mono Lake. Additionally,…
Broad Los Angeles coalition calls on mayoral candidates Bass and Raman to support a healthy Mono Lake, resilient LA
With the Los Angeles mayoral candidate’s race between Karen Bass (incumbent) and Nithya Raman running at full tilt, Angelenos are asking important questions on a wide range of topics, including Mono Lake. In letters to both candidates, a coalition of…
Book event with Erin Ryan at the Mono Lake Committee
Join us next Friday, October 9 at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore for our final book talk of the 2026 season with Erin Ryan, author of Law for the Land: The Public Trust Doctrine, Mono Lake, and…
Call for submissions for the 2028 Mono Lake Calendar
The Mono Lake Committee invites you to submit photographs for the 2028 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…
Experience Ambientalia from Mono Lake student Norah’s perspective
Editor’s note: This post was written by Norah Hinson, a Mammoth High School junior and Experience Ambientalia student. This past July, I traveled to Argentina as a representative of Mono Lake with the Experience Ambientalia program. After a year of…
Mono Basin fall color update
The fall colors are just starting to appear in the Eastern Sierra! Here in the Mono Basin we still have mostly green leaves with a few hints of gold. Mono County Tourism has classified Mono Basin groves as either “0-10%…
DWP gets new local water, still refuses to let Mono Lake rise
New groundwater treatment facilities are indeed worth celebrating, and the Mono Lake Committee raises a glass to all those involved in getting the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s (DWP) North Hollywood Central and North Hollywood West Groundwater Treatment…
SF Chronicle op-ed: The science is clear, so is the law. State action for Mono Lake is required.
Editor’s note: The following op-ed was written by University of Southern California Professor of Law, Erin Ryan, and ran in the San Francisco Chronicle on September 9. Mono Lake still needs saving. Here’s what should happen next: The California State…