The California State Water Resources Control Board will schedule its long-awaited hearing about Mono Lake and implementation of the Board’s mandated, healthy 6,392-foot surface elevation for 2025. Agency officials have shared the plans in recent meetings. On a multi-party video…
Current DWP water export: Loading gallons… Loading acre-feet… 2024 was once full of celebration that the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) had committed to a new collaborative approach to restoring Mono Lake. But the optimism abruptly ended…
Editor’s note: This article was published in the Fall 2024 issue of the Desert Report. A second hearing with the California Water Board approaches Standing at the shore of Mono Lake and looking out across the rippling water, you are…
Mono Basin water exports by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) reached—and then exceeded—the 4,500 acre-foot level this week, a surprise given Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s decision to hold exports at the same 4,500 acre-foot level…
In September the Mono Lake Committee hosted members and supporters in Lee Vining to celebrate Mono Lake and present the Committee’s Defender of the Trust Award. The award honors individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to championing Mono Lake and…
Joint work with DWP investigated effects of water diversions on Mono Lake’s level The Mono Lake Committee and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) have a long history of legal conflict over Mono Lake. But there’s also…
Historic State Water Board action halted ecosystem collapse, but lake is still only halfway to management level On September 28, 1994, the California State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously to approve Decision 1631, amending the water licenses of the…
This year, in a significant change of operations, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) is moving less water out of the Mono Basin than the maximum allowed. Existing California State Water Resources Control Board rules allow for…
F. Bruce Dodge, lead attorney for the Mono Lake Committee and Audubon in the Mono Lake Public Trust lawsuit and State Water Board proceedings, passed away in July 2024. Bruce successfully argued that California’s Public Trust doctrine requires Los Angeles’…
Yesterday was a good day for Mono Lake in Los Angeles. The Los Angeles City Council recognized the 30th anniversary of California State Water Resources Control Board Decision 1631 (D1631) by adopting a resolution establishing September 28 as Mono Lake…
