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.

Mono Lake’s noted extremophile

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Mono Lake’s Spirochaeta americana is on Cosmos Magazine’s list of eight “impressive examples of life lived at the extreme.” Have a look and enjoy exploring the rest of the roster!

Eight animals that live on the edge

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<td><a href=”https://www.monolake.org”><img src=”https://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18299.jpg” border=”0″ alt=”Wishing you and your family a joyous and peaceful holiday season and a happy New Year. Lake level gauge with ice” width=”600″ /></a></td>
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<td><a href=”https://www.monolake.org/”><img src=”https://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18296.jpg” alt=”Broomball in the Mono Basin” border=”0″ width=”600″ height=”160″ /></a></td>
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<td width=”100%” height=”25″ bgcolor=”#660000″ align=”center” style=”background-color: #660000; border-collapse:collapse; font-size: 90%; font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; color: #ffffff;”>a joyous and&nbsp;peaceful&nbsp;holiday season</td>
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<td><a href=”https://www.monolake.org/”><img src=”https://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18295.jpg” alt=”Glassy winter Mono Lake” border=”0″ width=”600″ height=”159″ /></a></td>
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<td width=”100%” height=”25″ bgcolor=”#660000″ align=”center” style=”background-color: #660000; border-collapse:collapse; font-size: 90%; font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; color: #ffffff;”>and a happy New Year</td>
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<td><a href=”https://www.monolake.org/”><img src=”https://longlive.monolake.org/site/../images/content/pagebuilder/18303.jpg” alt=”Snowy storefront” border=”0″ width=”600″ height=”159″ /></a></td>
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Your support&nbsp;keeps Mono Lake&nbsp;rising
and all the Committee’s <br />
protection, restoration, and education programs vibrant. <br>
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As 2009 comes to an end <br>
we’d greatly appreciate your tax-deductible year-end donation.<br>
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In exchange, we’ll put your gift toward our work
to achieve the maximum benefit <br>
for Mono Lake, its tributaries, and surrounding lands
in 2010. <br>
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Plus year-end donations earn matching funds for the Committee and can qualify you for a Mono Lake Calendar, notecards, or unique artwork.<br>
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Long Live Mono Lake!
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Ensure the delivery of your Mono Lake Committee emails by<BR>
adding <A title=”E-mail monolakecommittee@monolake.org” style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”mailto:monolakecommittee@monolake.org”>monolakecommittee@monolake.org</A> to your address book.<BR>
To stop receiving occasional updates from the Mono Lake Committee, <A style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”https://longlive.monolake.org/site/CO”>unsubscribe here</A><br>
You can also <A style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”https://longlive.monolake.org/site/SPageServer?pagename=members_i&amp;autologin=true”>update your email info and other membership information</A>.<BR>
To contact us, hit reply now, call,  email us at <A title=”E-mail monolakecommittee@monolake.org” style=”FONT-SIZE: 9pt; COLOR: #4F6AAC;  font-family: ‘Century Gothic’; TEXT-DECORATION: underline” href=”mailto:monolakecommittee@monolake.org”>monolakecommittee@monolake.org</A>,
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or stop by and visit us  at Mono Lake; we’re here all year.
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Mono Lake Committee, Hwy 395 at 3rd Street, PO Box 29<br>

Lee Vining, California, 93541&nbsp;&nbsp;(760) 647-6595</span></p>
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