Construction on the State Reserve boardwalk below Mono Lake County Park began in August with a State Parks crew installing “diamond piers” that provide the foundation for the new, replacement boardwalk. The piers are small structures secured by metal posts,…
Volume of DWP diversions equivalent to Mono Lake’s drop over the last 12 months Los Angeles has multiple sources of water, with some local sources funded specifically to offset Mono Basin diversions. Mono Lake, on the other hand, has no…
A note from the editor: Do you remember setting up dominoes to knock over when you were a kid? It seemed to take forever, requiring concentration to line them up, to not bump the table, to watch for an errant…
All eyes turn to regulator action to fix low lake problem As the end of the year approaches, so does the formal launch of the long-anticipated California State Water Resources Control Board Mono Lake hearing process. Expected to take nine…
2026 was the Mono Lake Committee’s fourth year managing Motus wildlife tracking stations at Mono Lake. The Committee’s three stations have helped detect and track the movements of 15 Red-necked Phalaropes and five Wilson’s Phalaropes tagged at Mono Lake. Additionally,…
The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) has diverted water from the Mono Basin for 85 years, and the impacts to the lake’s ecological health are accumulating. Diversions from Mono Lake’s tributary streams have dramatically reduced the lake’s…
A note from the editor: 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…
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…
