2017 runoff Archives - 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.

August 21, 2017

Natural history

Observing four years of an ever-changing 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.

August 8, 2017

Restoration

Saddlebag Lake Reservoir spills

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.

July 20, 2017

Restoration

Mono Lake rose a record amount in June 2017

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

July 11, 2017

Protection

Scaling back the fence thanks to a rising 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.

June 30, 2017

Restoration

See Mono Lake’s rise on the landbridge

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.

June 29, 2017

Restoration, Videos

Timelapse: Mono Lake rising

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.

June 25, 2017

Restoration

Record runoff reaches the Rush Creek delta

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.

June 23, 2017

Restoration, Visit

Lee Vining Creek Trail closes after record runoff

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.

June 14, 2017

Restoration

Seven times more water in the snowpack than this time last year

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.

June 12, 2017

Restoration

Rush Creek’s Channel 8 is full of water