In March, the Mono Lake community lost Harrison “Hap” C. Dunning—a renowned legal scholar and professor, steadfast advocate of the Public Trust, and insightful thinker who sought a balanced and sustainable approach to water rights law. Starting in the 1970s,…
Recovery efforts are underway from the Inn Fire and a focus is the popular Mono Lake County Park and the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve boardwalk that crosses wetlands to the edge of Mono Lake. Mono County is actively…
“I realized I had been drinking this water my whole life,” writes Sammy Roth, while standing at the Grant Lake Reservoir above Rush Creek, in his recent edition of the Los Angeles Times Boiling Point newsletter. We highly recommend giving…
Mono Lake Committee and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) staff members met at the edge of Mono Lake on April 1 for the annual joint lake level reading. With binoculars and cameras focused on the lake gauge,…
Current DWP water export: 3,590,882,743 gallons 11,020 acre-feet The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) continued to export water from the Mono Basin as of this morning. The diversion of water away from Mono Lake has been continuous…
Air quality violations likely to increase In 1994 the California State Water Resources Control Board issued Decision 1631, mandating a Mono Lake elevation of 6,392 feet above sea level that balanced protection of Public Trust resources and continued delivery of…
Will Los Angeles choose to use it? The Mono Lake Committee is actively preparing for the upcoming California State Water Resources Control Board hearing in 2025 about Mono Lake’s low level, its unfulfilled protection mandate, and modifying the Los Angeles…
DWP seeks to maximize aqueduct deliveries anyway In October the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) Commissioners received a supply conditions update from DWP Director of Water Resources, David Pettijohn, who said, “…we now have the most water…
After a historic hearing in spring 2024 to consider Tribal and public testimony related to the proposed designation of Tribal Beneficial Uses (TBU) for Mono Lake and its tributary streams, action to designate has been delayed. The Lahontan Regional Water…
The article, which shines a clear spotlight on the current Mono Lake export situation and does a deep dive into what it means for both Mono Lake and Los Angeles, is a must-read; it is reprinted in full below. Another…
