Throughout July and August, HistoriCorps is partnering with the Inyo National Forest to replace the cedar shingles on the roof of the main house at DeChambeau Ranch. I was able to volunteer during a locals’ day in late June and…
In 2013, I first came to the Mono Basin through the Mono Lake Committee’s Outdoor Education Center as part of a high school group called Global Lab. Back then, I was an unruly, sports-minded brat, who hadn’t spent much time…
Last Thursday at graduation, the 2021 Mono Lake Committee Scholarship was awarded to Lee Vining High School seniors Chyann Andrews and Leonel Galindo. The scholarship application asked Mono County students to write essays that answered the question “Why do places…
Welcome news arrived this Memorial Day Weekend when Congressman Jay Obernolte (R-Big Bear Lake) traveled to Mono Lake to meet with Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe members and announce plans to introduce a bill on Tuesday to ask Congress to extend…
In a new twist to a long and winding legal battle, a recent Ninth Circuit Court decision offers a possible path to restoration for the long-beleaguered Walker Lake. A fellow terminus lake Around 40 miles (as the gull flies) northeast…
Today, April 19th, is Andrea Mead Lawrence’s birthday. Andrea was a force of nature—an Olympic double gold medalist in skiing, mother of five, visionary environmental leader, 16-year Mono County Supervisor, and a steadfast advocate for Mono Lake’s protection. Before COVID-19…
In a typical year at this time we would be reminding you to buy your tickets for the Andrea Lawrence Award Dinner. However, this is not a typical year, and due to COVID-19 we will be moving our celebration of…
Today’s Los Angeles Times article about the Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe’s efforts to gain Federal Recognition describes a new chapter in their long quest. The Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe has been actively seeking Federal Recognition since the mid-1970s, so far,…
For decades NASA has been involved with research at Mono Lake, and today we watch with extra excitement and pride as the Perseverance rover lands with new scientific instruments partially developed and tested right here at our home planet’s “Martian”…
California lost an extraordinary botanist recently. Dean was known for his Flora of Yosemite Sierra, and was working on an update of A Flora of the White Mountains. David Gaines and I met Dean when students at UC Davis in…
