After a year of planning, organizing, and fundraising, youth from Laguna Mar Chiquita and Mono Lake finally met each other and spent a week together at the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center as part of the Experience Ambientalia program. Experience…
Last night in North Hollywood, Santiago Escruceria, the Mono Lake Committee’s Outdoor Education Center Manager, was honored with the Environmental Justice Leader Award from Pacoima Beautiful. Pacoima Beautiful is a grassroots environmental justice organization that works in the San Fernando…
This March brought many new and exciting events … but one was missing: the Mono Lake Committee’s hosting of the Wild & Scenic Film Festival. For the past 11 years we’ve been thrilled to bring the South Yuba River Citizens…
This past summer, the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center (OEC) program reached a milestone—official camp accreditation through the American Camp Association (ACA). The Mono Lake Committee started working toward accreditation several years ago, so we are celebrating this achievement! “The…
After a three-year hiatus Trail Chic sprang back into life last week thanks to the generosity of Randy Arnold of Barefoot Wine & Bubbly and the creativity of the local community. About 75 people from Mono City to Mammoth Lakes…
The Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center (OEC) is the hub of our program that links folks from Los Angeles to the source of their water here in the Mono Basin. During week-long trips participants walk along the shore of Mono…
We’ve added a new feature to the Wild & Scenic Film Festival—a silent auction where you can bid on a variety of outdoor clothing, gear, and fun prize packages to benefit Outdoor Education Center programs. Auction items include binoculars, backpacks,…
This article, written by Caelen McQuilkin, was originally published in the Mammoth Times and is posted here with permission. Content warning: It contains content about the displacement of Indigenous people and violence towards communities of color, including police brutality. This…
Exciting updates are happening at the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center (OEC). As it exists today, the OEC program is transformative. It is designed to connect participants from Los Angeles to the source of their water, to the landscape of…
