February starts snowy at Mono Lake
This winter season started with the driest autumn since 2013, with no measurable snow in Lee Vining as of the New Year. Then it snowed a little in January, but as of the end of January Lee Vining still only…
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2024 Field Seminar registration opens February 1
The complete list of all the Mono Lake Committee’s 2024 Field Seminars is now available online here. Registration opens at 9:00am on Thursday, February 1 for Mono Lake Committee members. This year’s slate of 18 Field Seminars includes one-day and…
Ringing in 2024: Tangled in the Anthropocene
This essay, written by Stephen Trimble, appears in the 2024 Mono Lake Calendar. The great Western writer Wallace Stegner knew that “the Great Basin is a unifying force; wherever you live in it, you flow toward every other part.” And as…
We’re hiring for seasonal staff positions at Mono Lake
Job descriptions are now posted for summer 2024 positions at the Mono Lake Committee—we’ll be hiring Information Center & Bookstore Assistants, Mono Lake Interns, a Birding Intern, an Education Intern, and a Canoe Program Coordinator. We will begin accepting applications…
Happy solstice from Mono Lake
Your support enables everything we do to get Mono Lake to rise, keep its tributary streams flowing, and ensure that its surrounding lands are protected. Thank you for being a part of protecting this special place. As we near the…
Make a 2023 year-end donation for Mono Lake now
To close out 2023 strong we have set ourselves a challenging goal of 750 supporters donating online this month. Will you join these hundreds of supporters and help us reach the goal by making a donation of any amount today?…
2023 Mono Lake Committee Annual Report
The Mono Lake Committee’s 2023 Annual Report is now available online! The report is full of photos of the Mono Lake Committee in action in our focus areas of protection, restoration, education, and scientific research. It also has the Committee’s audited financial information for 2022, list of…
Walker Lake non-profits make progress toward fishery restoration
The Walker Basin Conservancy, a pioneer in the use of market-based environmental solutions, recently announced another successful water and land acquisition in Smith Valley, Nevada. This deal included 320 acres of Walker River corridor, 3.6 cubic feet per second of…
Singing ice on a Mono Basin freshwater lake
Editor’s note: This post was originally published on December 5, 2020. As winter ’23-’24 starts out cold and fairly dry, we’ve been enjoying more singing ice on local freshwater lakes, so we’re bringing back this post! Today’s Mono Lake Moment…
Mono Basin ASO flights get off the ground
In the spring, the Mono Lake Committee helped Mono County secure emergency funding from the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services for Airborne Snow Observatories (ASO) LiDAR flights that gave us a crucial understanding of the record snowpack. ASO-derived data and…