The Mono Basin community will come together this Saturday, June 13 and Sunday, June 14 to honor the memory of longtime volunteer Janet “JB” Barth, whose dedication to protecting and restoring the Mono Basin left a lasting mark on the landscape and the people who worked…
Over the last three months, students, teachers, and organizers of the Experience Ambientalia program have been busy learning more about Mono Lake, being good stewards of the Eastern Sierra, and expanding the program to more saline, Great Basin lakes. Monthly…
The Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) has diverted water from the Mono Basin for 85 years, and the impacts to the lake’s ecological health are accumulating. Diversions from Mono Lake’s tributary streams have dramatically reduced the lake’s…
After three decades of litigation, Walker Lake moves ever closer to its day of reckoning. In a clear departure from a history of legal delay, US Magistrate Judge Craig S. Denny recently denied a motion by a group of Walker…
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.…
Most days in the Mono Basin provide clear air and stunning scenery, but because the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power has diverted water from Mono Lake’s tributary streams for 85 years, the exposed lakebed can emit toxic dust…
This issue of the Mono Lake Newsletter feels to me like the whole Mono Lake story distilled into one publication. It’s a familiar story to anyone who knows Mono Lake. It starts with the lake ecosystem in peril, as the…
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…
During a typical spring in the Mono Basin, the export of water to Los Angeles stops on March 31, the end of the runoff year, and water destined for Mono Lake is allowed to flow down the streams to the…
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…
