Category: Protection

October 8, 2020

Protection

DWP attempts to undermine State Water Board mandates at Mono Lake

Reflection from a mirror up on the hill at the site of the Tioga Inn development project with the reflection casting a bright white line across Mono Lake.

October 7, 2020

Protection

Tioga Inn project coming back around: Here’s a refresher

Five people standing at the shoreline of Mono Lake, socially distanced and masked, shooting a video from a cell phone on a tripod with a glassy Mono Lake and the Sierra Nevada behind them.

September 28, 2020

Protection

Happy September 28th, a Mono Lake holiday

A lake level gauge, made of a metal pipe with a ruler-like measuring stick attached, pokes up from the surface of a very glassy and highly reflective lake with the lenticular-shaped Black Point and desert mountains in the background.

September 24, 2020

Protection

Celebrate September 28th at Mono Lake with us

A group of people walk away from the camera down a gravel road through light green and darker green sagebrush. The Sierra Nevadas sit in a cloudy sky.

August 14, 2020

Protection

Tioga Inn indecision

Woman stands at a podium in a hearing room with socially distanced chairs and people sitting at computers with the United States and California flags.

August 4, 2020

Protection

Tioga Inn project: Changes get disappointing grades before upcoming hearing

This Thursday, August 6, at 10:00am the Mono County Board of Supervisors will conduct a final hearing on the Tioga Inn project. After a lengthy hearing in June the Board gave the developer and staff direction to bring back significant…

Two california gulls standing on top of a tufa mound with a reflective lake in the background.

July 19, 2020

Protection, Science

California Gulls return to nest on Mono Lake islet after prescribed burn

A group of about 12 people wearing cool-weather jackets walking on a dirt road near the site of the Tioga Inn development project.

July 1, 2020

Protection

Mono County Supervisors tackle the big picture on Tioga Inn, direct major fixes

Glassy lake in front of Sierra Nevada with tufa towers reflecting in the morning light with one point of reflection in the lake from a mirror on a hill above.

June 27, 2020

Protection

Tioga Inn project: Minimal modeling shows significant impacts to the Mono Basin’s scenic resources

Shoreline of Mono Lake looking west towards the Sierra Nevada with tufa towers reflecting on the glassy lake and the sky is pink, purple, and blue.

June 24, 2020

Protection