Tag: Mono Lake Newsletter

Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe moves forward at Tupe Nobe

In the spring, the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe finalized the purchase of Tupe Nobe, land formerly known as Burger’s Sierra Retreat. Located on the Tribe’s ancestral homelands, this land sits ten miles east of Yosemite National Park and five miles…

LA City Council reaffirms support for Mono

DWP misses the point, attempts to twist purpose of Mono Lake Day celebration The Mono Lake Committee has celebrated September 28 for years as the anniversary of the establishment of the healthy 6,392-foot lake level requirement, when the State Water…

Federal downsizing, local consequences

Mono Basin and Eastern Sierra’s vast public lands lose federal employees and essential services Earlier this year the Trump Administration slashed staffing of federal agencies, including those that manage federal lands around the country and in California and the Eastern…

Mono Lake may be losing its California Gulls

Continuing DWP water diversions and decades of low lake levels causing harm For centuries California Gulls have migrated east across the Central Valley and Sierra Nevada to nest at Mono Lake. Their graceful, raucous, and quirky presence is a distinct…

Hap Dunning, champion of the Public Trust

In March, the Mono Lake community lost Harrison “Hap” C. Dunning—a renowned legal scholar and professor, steadfast advocate of the Public Trust, and insightful thinker who sought a balanced and sustainable approach to water rights law. Starting in the 1970s,…

Summer 2025 Mono Lake Newsletter

I am noticing California Gulls differently this year. Their raucous calls are a sound of summer that always makes me smile. I love their bold manners and handsome white-and-gray plumage that gets messy as they forage for food until they…

Hydropower in the Mono Basin is undergoing relicensing

The long-awaited California State Water Resources Control Board hearing expected to occur in 2025 will be a critical moment for reviewing the significant environmental issues tied to the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s (DWP) water exports in the…