If you like the holidays, birds, and know how to count, then the Christmas Bird Count (CBC) is for you! The 2024 CBC marks the 125th year that the National Audubon Society has organized this international community science event. Every…
Mono Basin water exports by the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) reached—and then exceeded—the 4,500 acre-foot level this week, a surprise given Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’s decision to hold exports at the same 4,500 acre-foot level…
It’s almost Giving Tuesday at Mono Lake, which comes with a special opportunity: All gifts made through Tuesday, December 3, will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $60,000, thanks to our friend Joan, a longtime member, who is back…
The Mono Lake Committee’s 2024 Annual Report is now available! The report shows 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 2023, list of Mono Lake Volunteers,…
Rush Creek restoration continues to be delayed as construction of the long-awaited modification to Grant Lake Reservoir is complicated by the replacement of the 88-year-old broken rotovalve buried 80 feet below the edge of the reservoir within the aqueduct intake…
Earlier this month, the Mono Lake Kootzaduka’a Tribal Council established one official spelling for the Tribe’s name: Kootzaduka’a. This spelling better represents the word’s pronunciation in the Kootzaduka’a language. The phonetic spelling is more accurate to the sounds in the…
In September the Mono Lake Committee hosted members and supporters in Lee Vining to celebrate Mono Lake and present the Committee’s Defender of the Trust Award. The award honors individuals who have made extraordinary contributions to championing Mono Lake and…
Students participating in the Experience Ambientalia program celebrated World Migratory Bird Day during the month of October. In partnership with the Mono Lake Committee, DeChambeau Creek Foundation, Eastern Sierra Bird Alliance, local high school teachers, and our colleagues at Laguna Mar…
Joint work with DWP investigated effects of water diversions on Mono Lake’s level The Mono Lake Committee and the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) have a long history of legal conflict over Mono Lake. But there’s also…
Historic State Water Board action halted ecosystem collapse, but lake is still only halfway to management level On September 28, 1994, the California State Water Resources Control Board voted unanimously to approve Decision 1631, amending the water licenses of the…
