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…
On June 25, six science experts on Mono Lake’s California Gulls, Eared Grebes, phalaropes, shorebirds, and waterfowl presented the State Water Board with data and trends they’ve observed in bird populations since the Board’s 1994 decision to raise Mono Lake.…
Mono Lake’s brine shrimp and alkali fly populations are showing measurable and significant signs of strain due to Mono Lake’s water level being too low for too long. That was the big takeaway from the State Water Board’s Mono Lake…
The California State Water Resources Control Board has announced two public workshops to collect information on the condition of the Mono Basin’s Public Trust resources. The State Water Board announced the workshops following compelling testimony at its March 17 meeting.…
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…
The deadline to submit your comment letter to the State Water Board on the recent Mono Lake public workshop is fast approaching. Comment letters are due to the State Water Board at 4:00pm PDT on Friday, March 24, 2023. Mono…
Yesterday’s Los Angeles Times article, “LA’s new water war: Keeping supply from Mono Lake flowing as critics want it cut off,” on the State Water Board’s Mono Lake workshop left readers and workshop attendees, well … wondering. Print space and…
Update: Workshop video recording now available online Click the video timestamp below to watch the corresponding section of the workshop on YouTube. 00:00:00 Introduction 00:19:35 Decision 1631, State Water Resources Control Board Staff 00:32:40 Mono Lake Committee Presentation 00:52:25 California…
Now is an important time to speak up for Mono Lake! Despite January’s wet weather, Mono Lake’s surface elevation is so low that an intervention is needed. The Mono Lake Committee is asking the State Water Board to suspend water…
Following the Mono Lake Committee’s December 16, 2022 letter requesting emergency action to suspend the export of water diverted from Rush and Lee Vining creeks and require delivery of that water into Mono Lake until Mono Lake has risen to 6384…
