The Wilson’s Phalarope is an iconic bird of saline lake ecosystems and a species of rising conservation concern across its range in the Western Hemisphere. A coalition of scientists and conservation groups filed a legal petition to list the Wilson’s Phalarope…
Today, the Center for Biological Diversity led a diverse coalition of scientists and conservation groups, including the Mono Lake Committee, in filing a legal petition with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) seeking protections for the Wilson’s Phalarope (Phalaropus…
In a captivating and thoroughly enjoyable cover story in the Spring 2024 edition of Audubon Magazine, writer Andy McGlashen has done rare justice to the story of the curiously obscure Wilson’s Phalarope, the saline lakes they depend on, and the…
Last Friday the Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board released a draft report advancing the Mono Basin Tribal Beneficial Uses Designation Project. Action alert The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (Lahontan) is advancing the Mono Basin Tribal Beneficial Uses…
Species recovery depends on raising Mono Lake Mono Lake rose an impressive amount in 2023 and so too did the productivity of nesting California Gulls. According to the Point Blue Conservation Science report, “Population size and reproductive success of California…
CalRecycle accepts settlement agreement and remedies project mistakes Last fall the California Department of Resources Recycling & Recovery (CalRecycle) completed earth work on the former Lee Vining Burn Dump site adjacent to the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area Visitor…
Your voice needed soon This spring the California State Water Resources Control Board is expected to vote on a new, climate-based, statewide conservation regulation to “Make Conservation a California Way of Life.” The Mono Lake Committee will be requesting the…
Better operating rules needed for Mono Lake to rise Water diversions to Los Angeles—and away from Mono Lake—began just after noon on January 31. With the turn of a control wheel, the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP)…
Local water supply strategy for LA gains momentum As Angelenos experience more extreme weather patterns, stormwater capture is stepping into the spotlight as a viable, and valuable, source of local water for Los Angeles. Between October 1, 2022 and April…
“Today we saved Mono Lake,” announced California State Water Resources Control Board member Marc Del Piero back in 1994 upon the unanimous approval of Decision 1631, which established the mandate to protect Mono Lake at the 6,392-foot level. We are…
