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…
Marc Del Piero was a notable commenter at the State Water Board’s March meeting. Del Piero was a State Water Board member at the time of the 1994 Mono Lake decision and served as the hearing officer for the 46…
A report from UCLA released this spring, commissioned by the California State Water Resources Control Board, states that water diversions by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) are the primary reason that Mono Lake is not at…
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…
Annual lake level measurement Yesterday staff from the Mono Lake Committee and Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) met at the shore of Mono Lake to cooperatively read the lake level gauge, as is customary at the start…
The significance of the State Water Board’s March 17 meeting and receipt of a new climate report on Mono Lake is not lost on the news media. Articles in both the Los Angeles Times and the San Francisco Chronicle highlighted…
This week the California State Water Resources Control Board focused on Mono Lake’s low level in a five-hour discussion at their regular meeting in Sacramento. A new Mono Lake report and hydrology model from the UCLA Center for Climate Science…
Support letters needed! Update: The comment period is now closed. Thank you to all of you who sent a letter to the State Water Board. The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) has asked the State Water Board…
F. Bruce Dodge, lead attorney for the Mono Lake Committee and Audubon in the Mono Lake Public Trust lawsuit and State Water Board proceedings, passed away in July 2024. Bruce successfully argued that California’s Public Trust doctrine requires Los Angeles’…
