This issue of the Mono Lake Newsletter feels to me like the whole Mono Lake story distilled into one publication. It’s a familiar story to anyone who knows Mono Lake. It starts with the lake ecosystem in peril, as the…
Following its March 17 meeting, the State Water Board has announced a series of workshops, starting in June, to collect information on the condition of the Mono Basin’s Public Trust resources and evaluate potential management options. At the workshops, experts…
During a typical spring in the Mono Basin, the export of water to Los Angeles stops on March 31, the end of the runoff year, and water destined for Mono Lake is allowed to flow down the streams to the…
Marc Del Piero was a notable commenter at the State Water Board’s March meeting. Del Piero was a State Water Board member at the time of the 1994 Mono Lake decision and served as the hearing officer for the 46…
On a spring evening in early May, Eastern Sierra friends, community members, high school teachers, and local students gathered at Mammoth Mountain’s Parallax Restaurant to celebrate passionate engagement in community and the land, and this year’s Andrea Lawrence Award recipient,…
A report from UCLA released this spring, commissioned by the California State Water Resources Control Board, states that water diversions by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) are the primary reason that Mono Lake is not at…
As I write this note for the Mono Lake Newsletter, winter feels like a distant memory. Two weeks into an astonishing heat wave, the aspen trees are leafing out, the desert peach is starting to bloom, and Mono Lake’s tributary…
LA leader’s “commonsense” plan links new local water with healing Mono Lake Last fall the President of the Los Angeles Water & Power Commissioners made headlines in the Los Angeles Times when he proclaimed, “This is a solution with lots…
This post was written by Caelen McQuilkin, Project Specialist, and Teri Tracy, Eastern Sierra Policy Coordinator. Stormwater capture and recycled water projects supply LA but Mono’s only source of water still diverted “Roller coaster” and “whiplash” metaphors have dominated articles…
Meanwhile, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power doubles down on lowering Mono Lake News headlines shined spotlights on Mono Lake this summer. On the front page of the Los Angeles Times “‘It needs more water’: Calls grow for…
