Water that should be flowing to Mono Lake began leaving the Mono Basin and flowing instead toward Los Angeles on June 17 when the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) began exporting stream diversions into the Los Angeles…
Current DWP water export: 3,590,882,743 gallons 11,020 acre-feet The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) continued to export water from the Mono Basin as of this morning. The diversion of water away from Mono Lake has been continuous…
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…
Answers to common questions we’re hearing about the low lake From the shore of Mono Lake to the streets of Los Angeles, the Committee had a busy summer answering questions about the current low lake level, its causes, and what…
You might remember hearing the Mono Lake story on NPR’s Blue Dot Podcast in May of 2021. Host Dave Schlom chatted with Nora Livingston, our Lead Naturalist Guide, about the geology, ecosystems, and organisms of Mono Lake, and later with…
DWP captures more than streams in the Mono Basin Heading south from Mono Lake, drivers on Highway 395 zoom past a road junction marked with a sign for a mysterious “West Portal.” Portal to what? Is there a matching one…
