Category: Restoration

Green grasses line the still pond water, which reflects the light blue and pastel pink sky.

November 9, 2020

Restoration

DeChambeau Pond #2 makes a full recovery

Throughout August, DeChambeau Pond #2 had a low water level, limiting its value to the wildlife that enjoy the US Forest Service (USFS) managed DeChambeau Ponds. On September 1st, USFS staff discovered that an unauthorized adjustment had been made to…

A glassy pond surrounded by brush with yellow flowers, reeds, and larger trees, with the Sierra Nevada in the background.

October 1, 2020

Restoration

It takes a village to raise a pond: Working to revitalize the DeChambeau Ponds once again

A woman crouches on white tufa on the edge of the blue Mono Lake water and looks through binoculars at a water level gage sticking out of the water.

July 8, 2020

Restoration

2020 Lake level forecast report: Mono Lake to drop over a foot this runoff year

Three small, shallow paths of dark blue water glisten in the sun as they snake through pebbles and brown branches, and snowy mountains rise behind them.

February 13, 2020

Restoration

Rush Creek’s January 2020 flow among the lowest on record

A man in a blue shirt faces away from the camera on the edge of clear and wavy turquoise water, and looks through binoculars.

December 20, 2019

Restoration, Videos

Timelapse: Watch Mono Lake rise a foot

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

October 29, 2019

Restoration

Monitoring willow growth along Rush Creek

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

October 24, 2019

Restoration

New Inyo National Forest Land Management Plan released: Mono Lake tributary streams receive Wild and Scenic River System eligibility

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

September 30, 2019

Restoration

A bountiful year at Mono Lake

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

September 4, 2019

Restoration

Invasive plants—we’re in the thick of it!

Sunrise light on a grove of tufa towers emerging from the water of Mono Lake with soft green and dusty-red wild grasses in the foreground, Canada geese in the shallow water with reflections of the rocky towers, and desert hills in the distance.

September 2, 2019

Restoration

Stream monitoring in the Mono Basin: Rush Creek field camera