Fall color season is off to a good start in the Eastern Sierra with a cold snap last week that kicked things into gear! Here in the Mono Basin the aspens, cottonwoods, and willows are steadily turning more colorful every…
Video of the Scenic Area 40th anniversary speakers Thank you to Byron Wolter of Grumpy Golden Entertainment in Bishop, California, for this video. Forty years ago, in 1984, Congress established the first Scenic Area designation in the country—the Mono Basin…
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley discovered a new organism living in Mono Lake’s water—a species of choanoflagellate they named Barroeca monosierra. Choanoflagellates are single-celled, microscopic organisms that primarily feed on bacteria. Scientists have found that B. monosierra is…
The Mono Lake Committee is currently hiring for the Education Coordinator position. If you are interested, please see the full job description and consider applying. The Mono Lake Committee Education Coordinator is responsible for organizing two major educational events and for leading high-quality…
Bright and early on Sunday, September 8, athletes toed the start line of the 43rd annual Tioga Pass Run. The energy and excitement were palpable as walkers and runners began their 12.4 mile ascent from the Mono Lake Committee in…
Summer afternoons in the Rush Creek bottomlands can be damp and oppressive. My fieldwork partner and I stumble down a dry streambed as mosquitos hum in our ears and birds flit in the blue shadows of the young willows. In…
Forty years ago, in 1984, Congress established the first Scenic Area designation in the country—the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area. Later this month we’ll be celebrating these important four decades of protection for Mono Lake and the Mono Basin!…
As summer stretches into the cooler nights of fall, we are celebrating the changing of the season with a fresh gallery show at the Mono Lake Committee Information Center & Bookstore. The new show, titled A Shared Planet, features the…
Every summer, the Mono Lake Committee hires interns who work in interpretation, education, science, information, and more, while living in Lee Vining for the months they work here. Many permanent staff at the Committee today will tell you how they…
Experience Ambientalia was started around Laguna Mar Chiquita in Argentina as a way to educate the youth there about the issues that face their beautiful lake and to give them the knowledge and skills they need to create real solutions…
