Note: This post is the transcript of the Mono Lake Committee’s presentation for the State Water Board’s Mono Lake workshop on February 15, 2023. Executive Director Geoffrey McQuilkin gave the slide presentation, which we have adapted here for the website.…
Purpose: Raise Mono Lake to the Public Trust lake level of 6392 feet With Mono Lake painfully low, talk has been frequent in recent months about the California State Water Resources Control Board’s future hearing on the matter. A hearing…
“The principal values plaintiffs seek to protect, however, are recreational and ecological—the scenic views of the lake and its shore, the purity of the air, and the use of the lake for nesting and feeding by birds … it is…
Yesterday, Wednesday, February 10, the California State Water Resources Control Board publicly noticed the much-anticipated amendment of the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s water licenses in the Mono Basin to apply science-based restoration on Rush, Lee Vining, Parker,…
