My year-end gift for Mono Lake

Long Live Mono Lake

Here’s one way to measure the impact of your support: If DWP diversions had gone unchecked, Mono Lake today would have sunk another 40 feet, with dust storms raging, salinity too high to sustain life, and the entire ecosystem collapsed.

Instead, because members like you care enough to support the Committee’s tireless actions to defend and protect Mono Lake, it still has a chance for long-term health.

Looking back on the progress we’ve made gives us hope—and gives us motivation to tackle the challenges ahead. We do make a difference. Every gift you make, every letter of concern you send moves the needle. And the time has come for Mono Lake to be treated fairly. We must keep insisting on it.

Your year-end gift will fund the Committee’s efforts to change diversion rules so that Mono Lake can finally reach the mandated healthy level. Please be generous today.

• Prepare for a State Water Board hearing on stream diversions while we explore collaborative solutions with Los Angeles to help the city meet water needs when stream diversions are temporarily adjusted
• Expand our legal, scientific, and public policy teams to make the case for new water diversion rules
• Deploy a temporary electric fence in early 2023 to protect critical California Gull nesting grounds
• Implement major science monitoring projects to maximize restoration of 20 miles of damaged stream habitat
• Support Mono Lake research projects through the Mono Basin Field Station
• Provide a diverse array of education programs, connecting thousands of people to Mono Lake
• Continue to instill conservation values in the next generation
• And more!