The Mono County Board of Supervisors will hold their fourth public hearing on the Tioga Inn project on Tuesday, April 20 at 1:00pm. The project remains unchanged from the version that was considered at the last hearing in December 2020.…
In a typical year at this time we would be reminding you to buy your tickets for the Andrea Lawrence Award Dinner. However, this is not a typical year, and due to COVID-19 we will be moving our celebration of…
Over the last several months, great work to improve infrastructure and water availability has been done at the DeChambeau Ponds. With water now flowing to all four of the ponds, the Mono Lake Committee has been working with Inyo National…
Spring is arriving in the Mono Basin, yet school groups who usually visit to learn about Mono Lake continue to learn from home. Last year at this time, the Mono Lake Committee’s education team quickly pivoted to offering virtual tours…
In late August last year, California State Parks and the Mono Lake Committee joined forces to remove the remains of the 1980s-era coyote fence that once protected Negit Island’s nesting California Gull colony. Taking advantage of the low lake level,…
A record number of attendees and funds raised for the Outdoor Education Center We’re still buzzing with excitement after our first entirely virtual Wild & Scenic Film Festival, a fundraiser for the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center (OEC). In total,…
After the new year, our staff collectively took a deep breath, flipped open our new calendars, and began to talk about the summer of 2021 in earnest. After a year of pandemic-related cancellations, postponements, and rearrangements, we all have our…
The City of Los Angeles and Mayor Eric Garcetti have bold plans to reduce LA’s carbon footprint, scale up water and energy efficiencies, grow the economy, and protect the environment. Called the Green New Deal Sustainable City pLAn, the Local…
The Keep Long Valley Green coalition, which the Mono Lake Committee helps to advise, recently won a victory in the courtroom against the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power. See the full press release below and the Los Angeles…
As I write this note it feels like spring is on its way. The sun’s a little warmer and the birds a little more vocal. It feels like we’re turning a corner in this pandemic too. And there’s good news…
