Exceptional runoff offers exceptional restoration opportunities The seasonal runoff (April through September) in the Mono Basin this year is forecasted to be 243% of the long-term (1971–2020) mean runoff, which will make it the single wettest seasonal runoff period in…
After driving all day, I arrived at the Pumice Palace in Lee Vining just after sunset, and no one was home … in June 1995 … and in September 2021. In 1995, I was starting my summer internship with the…
Great news for Mono Lake’s tributary streams! Yesterday evening in Sacramento the California State Water Resources Control Board issued Order WR 2021-0086 EXEC amending the Mono Basin water rights of the City of Los Angeles to incorporate extensive new requirements…
Update: DWP walks back problematic claims DWP has walked back some of the claims made in their letter discussed in the post below. The Committee has been talking with City of Los Angeles leaders about the difficult situation created by…
The 17th Annual Ghosts of the Sagebrush Tour, sponsored by and raising funds for the Mono Basin Historical Society, includes a dinner and program on Friday, August 27, and a history tour on Saturday, August 28. This year’s event focuses…
While on a multi-stop trip up the Eastern Sierra, Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti added a visit to Rush Creek, Grant Reservoir, and the site of the new outlet that Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) will soon…
The California Department of Fish & Wildlife (DFW) implemented new freshwater fishing regulations statewide on March 1, 2021. The changes were intended to be simple, but for the Mono Basin, the new regulations create a tangled line of new rules…
