This morning a group of volunteers and myself got together to help clean up the Mono Lake Committee’s adopted mile-long section of Highway 395. After a few weeks of much-needed rain, it was a lovely cool morning with sunshine and…
The unpaved road connecting Highway 270 to Bodie State Historic Park will be closed to the public from 6:00am to 6:00pm from Monday, August 1 through Friday, August 8 as State Parks staff conduct much needed road repairs. The park…
After a three-year hiatus Trail Chic sprang back into life last week thanks to the generosity of Randy Arnold of Barefoot Wine & Bubbly and the creativity of the local community. About 75 people from Mono City to Mammoth Lakes…
The Owens Valley Indian Water Commission and the Great Basin Water Network invite the public to join the Great Basin Water Justice Summit virtually all day next Wednesday, August, 3. Mono Lake Committee Executive Director Geoff McQuilkin will be speaking…
Despite an abnormally dry winter, flowers are once again blooming in the Mono Basin. Some are blooming later than in a typical year, but we are still seeing a full array of beautiful colors by Mono Lake and its tributary…
Readers in the San Francisco Bay Area opened the San Francisco Chronicle this morning to see a feature article about Mono Lake and the challenges the present-day, persistent low lake level presents for humans, birds, and the environment alike, challenges…
Last month, the Mono Lake Committee celebrated an ecological success thousands of miles away from the Mono Basin. On June 30th, Mar Chiquita, a saline lake located in central Argentina, and its surrounding wetlands were officially granted national park status…
It’s a straight shot south on Highway 395 from Carson City to Mono Lake, and it’s a drive I remember well from the back seat. Driving it myself feels like that moment when you can’t remember if something happened in…
If you know, you know. If you don’t, you should join us for Trail Chic 2022! When: Friday, July 22 at 7:30pmWhere: Lee Vining Community CenterWhat: An astroturf runway, the latest in trail fashion, Barefoot Wine & Bubbly (for a donation), trail…
One of my most influential early birding memories involved phalaropes. It was a family trip to Monterey Bay, California around Labor Day, and my sister and I had been interested in birds for a few years, but we weren’t what…
