Mono Lake’s alkali flies on the Discovery Channel
Mar 16, 2010
On Sunday, April 11th at 9:00pm watch Life Episode 6: Insects on the Discovery Channel. The incredible footage gives a close-up perspective of the lives of several insects around the world. Part of the episode focuses on Mono Lake’s alkali fly. The other episodes run on Sundays from March 21st to April 18th.
Mono’s dust in the Public Eye
Mar 12, 2010
Check out the Sacramento Bee’s Public Eye column article on the Mono Lake dust storms by Tom Knudson. Mono Lake Committee Members can see full details on the dust storms in Greg Reis’ Lakewatch article in the current issue of the Mono Lake Newsletter online.
“Environmental Identity:” a short film by Natalie Holt
Mar 10, 2010
Two years ago, Natalie Holt spent much of her summer volunteering for the Mono Lake Committee—leading tours and helping with a variety projects in the office. More recently, for her senior high school project, Natalie created a seven-minute film called “Environmental Identity,” featuring our very own Communications Coordinator Elin Ljung!
In the film Natalie interviews Elin, [...]
March 1 Hydrology Update
Mar 04, 2010
Mono Lake
On April 1st, 2009 (the beginning of this Runoff Year), Mono Lake was at an elevation of 6382.5 feet. It dropped about a foot by the end of the calendar year, and in January and February it rose half a foot, for a net loss of 0.6 feet since last April 1st. The half-foot [...]
