DWP stream diversions will undo this year’s lake level gains unless State Water Board acts The incredibly wet winter of 2023 has us anticipating an exciting 5½-foot rise in Mono Lake’s level by fall. That gain will boost the lake…
There’s a new in-depth article out that highlights the essential questions many people are asking right now—about Mono Lake’s low level, Los Angeles Department of Water & Power diversions, State Water Board action, the Mono Lake Committee’s campaign to raise…
Tom Soto, of the Mono Lake Committee Board of Directors, would be the first one to tell you that we have protections in place for Mono Lake today thanks to the individual efforts of many, many people, for many, many…
Note: This post was originally published as Guest Commentary on CalMatters; it is posted here with permission. In 1994, I stood at a crowded dais in Sacramento where the city of Los Angeles and Los Angeles Department of Water and…
April 2023 update: Record wet winter at Mono Lake will help protect California Gulls in 2023 This winter has exceeded all expectations in terms of snowfall at Mono Lake. Read more about what this means for protecting California Gulls this…
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…
It’s weather whiplash for California as people grapple with the staggering effects of atmospheric rivers on the heels of a severe multi-year drought. One thing, however, remains the same: Mono Lake desperately needs to rise 13 vertical feet to the…
A recent LA Times article reported on our request to the State Water Board to protect Mono Lake by suspending Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s (DWP) export of water diverted from Rush and Lee Vining creeks until the…
On December 22, 2022, the Mono Lake Kutzadika’a Tribe formally submitted a letter to the State Water Board in support of the Mono Lake Committee’s request that DWP stream diversions be suspended until the low lake emergency is over. The…
Answers to common questions we’re hearing about the low lake From the shore of Mono Lake to the streets of Los Angeles, the Committee had a busy summer answering questions about the current low lake level, its causes, and what…
