A close up of yellow wildflowers overlooking the teal waters of Mono Lake on a cloudy day.

Category: Events

A black woodpecker with tawny breast and face markings hangs to bark of a tree trunk visibile behind a mess of smaller branches.

Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua: June 20-22, 2025

Since 2002 the Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua has brought birders together to enhance appreciation and understanding of the Mono Basin’s diverse and abundant bird life and to educate the public about this area’s value to birds and people. The Chautauqua…

Call for submissions: The Mono Lake Calendar

The Mono Lake Committee invites you to submit photographs for the 2026 Mono Lake Calendar—we are seeking photographs of the highest caliber that capture the spirit and reflect the unique qualities of Mono Lake, its tributary streams, the high country, and…

Results of the 43rd annual Tioga Pass Run

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…

2024 Andrea Lawrence Award to Ryan Carle

On May 16th community members, friends, and family of Andrea Mead Lawrence gathered at Mammoth Mountain’s Parallax Restaurant to celebrate the annual presentation of the Andrea Lawrence Award celebrating passionate engagement with community and the land. This year the award…

Tioga Pass run registration is open

Although we are still waiting for Highway 120 West to open between Lee Vining and Yosemite National Park, everyone here at the Mono Lake Committee is already dreaming of the adventures we’ll have in the high country this summer. One…

An incredible Giving Tuesday for Mono Lake

Thanks to the support of more than 450 members and supporters, we achieved our goal of raising $50,000 to be matched for Mono Lake. That’s the biggest match we’ve ever had for Giving Tuesday! In total, you helped us break…

Your gift is doubled for Giving Tuesday

It has been an extraordinary year, and right now we have an extraordinary opportunity for Giving Tuesday.   All gifts made through tomorrow, November 28, will be matched dollar for dollar, up to $50,000, thanks to the generosity of a longtime…