A recent LA Times article reported on our request to the State Water Board to protect Mono Lake by suspending Los Angeles Department of Water & Power’s (DWP) export of water diverted from Rush and Lee Vining creeks until the…
On December 22, 2022, the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribe formally submitted a letter to the State Water Board in support of the Mono Lake Committee’s request that DWP stream diversions be suspended until the low lake emergency is over. The…
Welcome, 2023, and Happy New Year to all who love Mono Lake! We rang in the New Year with 16 inches of snow at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore (and there’s more on the way)! Thank you to…
To close out 2022 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?…
The Mono Lake Committee’s 2022 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 2021, our ecological…
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…
On December 16, 2022 the Mono Lake Committee submitted a request to the California State Water Resources Control Board for an emergency action to protect Mono Lake by addressing the developing ecological crisis due to the lake surface elevation having…
An emergency situation now exists for nesting birds and water quality at Mono Lake. The lake level has fallen a foot and a half since spring and is alarmingly low due to a legacy of Los Angeles Department of Water &…
Low lake means California Gulls will need protection from coyotes next spring As California weathers another drought and Mono Lake’s level continues to drop, the landbridge from the mainland to one of the world’s largest California Gull nesting colonies is…
Thanks to the support of more than 440 members and supporters, we achieved our goal of raising $30,000 to be matched for Mono Lake. And then, when the match was increased to $40,000, you helped us reach and surpass that…
