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  • Mono Lake Committee's Defender of the Trust Award
    • Defender of the Trust Award 2002
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    • Restoration Chronology
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    • The 2005 Mono Lake Committee Free Drawing
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  • Mono Lake Activities
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  • Mono Lake Committee Field Seminars
    • seminars/2007/07bodie1.pdf
    • seminars/2007/07southshorekayak.pdf
    • seminars/2007/07birdinglukas1.pdf
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    • General Information
      • seminars/2006/GeneralInformation.pdf
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  • Exploring the Mono Basin on Bike or Foot
  • Yosemite National Park and Tioga Pass, California
  • Directions to Lee Vining from other areas
  • Cell Phone Coverage in the Mono Basin
  • What you can do about New Zealand Mud Snails
• Water Policy at Mono Lake and in California
  • STEPPING OUTSIDE THE BOX: Water in Southern California
  • waterpolicy/geoffspeech.pdf
  • Bulletin 160, California's Water Plan
    • Mono Lake Committee comments on Bulletin 160-98, California's draft Water Plan
  • waterpolicy/030701frantestimony.pdf
  • waterpolicy/waterpol.pdf
  • Water Conservation on Large Landscape Sites
  • Links to Water Policy Sites
  • CALFED Bay-Delta Program
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    • CalFed Bay Delta Programmatic EIR: Comments of the Mono Lake Committee
    • Letter to Bruce Babbitt
    • Environmental Water Caucus letter to Gov.-elect Gray Davis
  • Congressional Bill to Repeal National Efficiency Standards for Plumbing Products is Back
    • waterpolicy/hr1479.pdf
    • An Analysis of HR 859 (now HR 623)
    • HR 623: 2000 Action Alerts and Developments
      • Draft Letter in Opposition to HR 623
      • Wall St. Journal Editorial Supports HR 623
    • Congressional Bill to Repeal National Efficiency Standards for Plumbing Products is Back
    • HR 859: 1998 Action Alerts and Developments
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• Southern California Water
  • Water Conservation Tips
  • Ultra-Low Flush Toilet Distribution Program
    • Asian American Durg Abuse Program
    • Watts Labor Community Action Committee (WLCAC)
    • Adro Environmental Inc.
    • Korean Youth and Community Center
    • Calvary Baptist Homes, Inc.
  • Los Angeles Water Conservation Council
    • Iglesia Poder de Dios
    • Mother’s of East Los Angeles Santa Isabel (MELASI)
  • Alternative Water Supplies for Los Angeles
• Mono Lake Photo Gallery
  • 25th Anniversary Photo Gallery
    • Paiute woman with winnowing basket
      • Dry Rush Creek
    • 25th Anniversary Photo Gallery Index
      • Full Rush Creek
      • Sally and Kids
      • People walking on salt flats
      • Wink weighing a gull
      • Blasting a moat
      • Chick banding
      • David Gaines at Benchmark Tufa
      • Research; cool sky
      • SCUBA research
      • Research vacuum
      • David Gaines with clipboard
      • Stine and Vorster
      • Old bumper sticker
      • "Mono Lake is Dying!" storefront
      • Protest march in front of store
      • Ruth and Martha at hearing
      • Bucket Walk
      • Sally looking on
      • Bike-a-thon
      • Inside old store
      • Old yellow and blue building
      • Water recycling plant
      • I save water for Mono Lake!
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    • Best of the Mono Lake WebCam Photo  Gallery
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    • Generous Individuals That Made the Mono Lake WebCams Possible
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      • How the Mono Lake WebCam Works
      • Behind the Scenes: Installation of the Mono Lake WebCam
  • Snow Sensors
• Mono Basin Birds
  • Naturalist-led Activities for Summer
    • Naturalist-Led Activities in Bodie
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  • Partial List of Birds of the Mono Basin
    • Bird Sightings at Mono Lake
  • Birding Books & Merchandise
  • Mono Lake Fall Shorebird Count
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  • Current Gallery Exhibit at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center and Bookstore Exhibit
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    • press/04claude.pdf
    • press/03voorheesexhibit.pdf
    • press/02moose.pdf
    • Lee Vining Creek, Autumn, CA, 1990
      • Lenticular Cloud, Inyo National Forest, CA, 1986
        • Pink Storm Clouds, Mono Lake, CA, 1996
          • Color at Dawn, Mono Lake, CA, 1998
            • Hillside Pattern, Aspendell, CA, 1993
              • Indian Rhubarb, Yosemite, CA, 1999
                • Lower Yosemite Fall During a Spring Storm, Yosemite, CA, 1997
                  • Aspens, Lee Vining Creek, Lee Vining, CA, 1992
                    • El Capitan, Winter Sunset, Yosemite, CA, 1993
                      • White Mountains, Winter, Eastern Sierra, CA, 1995
                        • Black Point, Mono Craters, Mono Lake, CA, 2000
                          • Alabama Hills, Lone Pine Peak, CA, 1995
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• Current Weather Conditions at Mono Lake
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• Mono Basin Summer Update
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• Current Mono Lake Level!
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• Environmental Education at Mono Lake and in L.A.
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• Current Events in the Mono Basin
  • Mono Lake Committee Press Releases
    • 2006 Mono Lake Committee Press Releases
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    • 2005 Mono Lake Committee Press Releases
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      • press/05beverlyschroeder.pdf
    • 2004 Mono Lake Committee Press Releases
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      • press/2004canoe.pdf
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      • press/04marsmono.pdf
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    • Mono Lake Committee Press Releases: 2003
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      • press/03learningexpress.pdf
      • press/03tamarisk.pdf
      • press/03workcamp.pdf
      • press/03btm.pdf
      • Earth Day 2003
    • Mono Lake Committee Press Releases: 2002
      • press/02reception.pdf
      • press/02canoe.pdf
      • press/02youthcontest.pdf
      • press/02tamarisk.pdf
      • press/02chautauqua.pdf
      • press/02aaasweb.pdf
    • Mono Lake Committee Press Releases: 2001
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      • press/01sightings.pdf
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      • press/01grandy.pdf
      • press/01mural.pdf
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      • press/01howe.pdf
      • press/01hsfc.pdf
      • press/01restodays.pdf
      • Mono Lake Committee offers Native Plant Workshop as a part of Annual Restoration Days, Labor Day Weekend, 2001
      • Bird Enthusiasts Flock to Mono Basin
      • Free Canoe Tours on Mono Lake for Eastern Sierra Residents
      • Watch the Feathers Fly
      • Volunteers needed to remove tamarisk from Rush Creek
      • George Lepp Photography Exhibit
      • High Sierra Fall Century Benefits Sierra Cycling Foundation, Mono Lake Committee and Local Economy
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    • Mono Lake Committee Press Releases: 2000
      • Restoration in the Mono Basin: part science, part art
      • Restoration Days Celebrate Efforts at Mono Lake
        • Restoration Days 2000 September 1-4
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      • Mono Lake Restoration Days
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      • Twice-weekly Lee Vining Creek Walks Explore a Restoring Stream
      • press/7-17-00tengiz.rtf
      • Lake Tengiz, Slides and Investigation July 29th and August 19th
      • press/5-23-00clearinghouse.rtf
      • May 23
      • Jim Stimson Photographic Exhibit
      • press/3-15-00booksigning.rtf
      • Dave Carle Book Signing
      • press/3-1-00newhire.rtf
      • Lee Vining Office of the Mono Lake Committee at Full Staff Levels
      • press/1-27-00staffhires.rtf
      • Lee Vining Office of the Mono Lake Committee Sees Significant Staff Changes
    • Mono Lake Committee Press Releases: 1999
      • Migratory bird studies boosted by grant
      • Restoration in action along Rush and Lee Vining Creeks
      • Living Lakes partners featured at Expo 2000 Hanover, Germany, June 2000
      • World Lake Charter approved at 3rd World Lakes Conference
      • International Living Lakes Conference: Oct. 1-3, 1999
        • Living Lakes Conference Schedule
      • Restoration Days!
      • Get Ready to Ride in the 1999 High Sierra Fall Century
      • Over 100 trees planted along Lee Vining Creek
      • Well-known photographer comes to Lee Vining!
      • Woodcarving by Ed Bue
      • Mono Lake Committee Education Program and Website win State Awards
    • Mono Lake Committee Press Releases: 1998
      • Southern California Edison Contributes to Outdoor Experiences Program
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      • Get Ready to Ride!
      • Celebrating Mono Lake--restoration version
      • Celebrating Mono Lake--retrospective version
      • Steven Nightingale Reading
      • Restoration Days!
      • Bluegrass Music in the Park!
      • A Highway Runs Through It: Changes in the Prehistoric Use of the Eastern Sierra Environment
      • Lee Vining Creek Hike
        • Restoration of the Mono Basin Ecosystem
      • Rush Creek Restoration Flows High
      • New International Lake Network to be Featured in German Expo-2000
      • New International Lake Network to be Featured in German Expo-2000
      • Dirk Kenyon Reception at Mono Lake Committee Info Center and Bookstore
      • Mono Lake Shorebird Count, April 25, 1998
      • New Film Documents Mono Lake Committee's Central Role in Preserving California's Precious Natural Resources
      • February 9 Mono Lake Committee looks to future at 20th anniversary
        • The Battle for Mono Lake video
          • Interview with Steve Fisher
        • MLC 20th Anniversary Reunion
          • Reunion Attendees in Alphabetical Order
        • Impacts of Mono Basin Diversions
      • February 9 1998 Mono Lake Committee Field Seminars
      • February 9 1998 Canoe Tours
    • Mono Lake Basin Restoration Plan Settlement
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    • press/07chautauqua.pdf
    • press/07earthday.pdf
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  • Cannon Fire and Mono Lake 6/16/02
    • Highway 120 Natural Disasters: August 2001
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      • Aurora Borealis Seen at Mono Lake
  • State Decision Offers Good News For Mono Lake
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  • Mono Lake Committee supports DWP easement negotiations
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      • Photopoint Photographer: Chris Holabird
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      • Photopoint Photographer: Cyndi Martinich
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