“Today, my friends, we’ve done the right thing. Today, we saved Mono Lake.”—Marc Del Piero, Chair of the State Water Resources Control Board, September 28, 1994 On September 28, 1994, the California State Water Resources Control Board issued Decision 1631,…
On Saturday, September 16, an intrepid group of Mono Lake Volunteers, Mono Lake Committee staff, and Inyo National Forest employees teamed up to pull invasive weeds on Twain Islet. Twain is key nesting habitat for California Gulls, and in the…
It has been an exciting summer at Mono Lake as we’ve watched the lake rise before our eyes after a record-breaking snowy winter. We were amazed to see daily changes along the shoreline as the lake steadily rose. Check out…
Earlier this month a group of plaintiffs filed a public trust lawsuit that claims the state of Utah has failed to protect Great Salt Lake and its unique ecosystem for the benefit of all state residents. In other words, the…
Today the Los Angeles Times published two letters in response to the opinion piece by Bruce Resnik of a few days ago. We love the headline: “L.A. doesn’t need Mono Lake’s water—but Mono Lake desperately does.” Thank you to Thomas…
This morning the Los Angeles Times published an opinion piece entitled “A wet winter began to replenish Mono Lake. L.A. should let it be a lake again.” The opinion writer, Bruce Reznik, is the executive director of Los Angeles Waterkeeper;…
After a record-breaking snowy winter, Mono Lake is on the rise! As of June 1, the lake had risen 2.1 feet from its December low point, and this is just the beginning. Our team of Mono Basin hydrology experts are…
Los Angeles is making big changes to increase use of local water to ensure a sustainable water supply for residents and reduce reliance on distant sources like Mono Lake. The city’s ambitious and impressive local water goals add up to…
DWP stream diversions will undo this year’s lake level gains unless State Water Board acts The incredibly wet winter of 2023 has us anticipating an exciting 5½-foot rise in Mono Lake’s level by fall. That gain will boost the lake…
There’s a new in-depth article out that highlights the essential questions many people are asking right now—about Mono Lake’s low level, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power diversions, State Water Board action, the Mono Lake Committee’s campaign to raise…
