Not Enough Water for Local Lakes
From The Inyo Register: “The last two years have seen drought conditions in the Eastern Sierra, one explanation for the 2,900 acre-feet of water in South Lake in June of this year, according to the...
View ArticleExplore Mono Lake’s Stark, Salty Beauty
From The Sacramento Bee: “Something of a staid ecological bouillabaisse, Mono Lake is one of California’s oldest bodies of water, dating back 750,000 years. “Fed by freshwater streams but with no...
View ArticleLos Angeles DWP Eyes Rose Valley Water
From The Inyo Register: “The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power is preparing to activate a dormant well in Rose Valley, where Coso Geothermal is currently pumping up to 3,000 acre-feet of water...
View ArticleBlog: 1913-2013: Los Angeles Aqueduct Centennial
From the Mono Lake Committee Mono-logue blog: “On November 5, 1913, the Los Angeles Aqueduct delivered Owens Valley water to Los Angeles for the first time. This year, the City of Los Angeles marks the...
View ArticleAgents Move in on Illegal Marijuana Grow Site
From the Inyo Register: “According to Inyo County Sheriff’s Public Information Officer Carma Roper, the multi-agency strike team removed about 4,000 marijuana plants from the site, as well as 350...
View ArticleRim Fire Fifth-Largest in State History; Backfires Under Way
From the Los Angeles Times: “The Rim fire became the fifth-largest in California history Thursday as it grew to 199,237 acres — 311 square miles — as a result of both natural spread and backfire...
View ArticlePoisoning a Sierra Stream to Save the World’s Rarest Trout
From the Los Angeles Times: “State fisheries biologist Dave Lentz poured poison into a remote High Sierra stream and watched quietly as every rainbow and golden trout in the water turned belly up....
View ArticleFirst Snow Falls in Mammoth
From the Orange County Register: “The first snow of the season fell in Mammoth Mountain last weekend, giving snowboarders and skiers something to be excited about as this year’s winter season...
View ArticleBlog: Groundbreaking Agreement Gives Los Angeles Aqueduct New Purpose —...
From the Mono Lake Committee Mono-logue blog: “The Mono Lake Committee is thrilled to announce the completion of an innovative agreement with the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) that...
View ArticleGovernor Declares State of Emergency In Inyo County to Secure Federal Funds...
From the Governor’s Office: “Moving to secure the Federal funding necessary to complete repairs to roadways in Inyo County badly damaged and closed due to July’s severe thunderstorms, Governor Edmund...
View ArticleEastern Sierra’s Lower Owens River Ripe for Recreational Rebirth
From the Los Angeles Times: “An Inyo County official and an environmental activist stepped into wobbly kayaks on Saturday to gauge the prospects of developing a “paddling experience” that would float...
View ArticleOwens Lake Ills Painted as Future for Salton Sea
From The Desert Sun: “A photograph showing plumes of dust rising from a dry lake bed became a focal point for discussion on Wednesday as government officials and experts met to consider the growing...
View ArticleDeal to Create Fish Hatchery Program Goes Bad
From the Mammoth Times: “There’s nothing like fish to get emotions flowing in Mono County. “Just ask the Mono County Supervisors, now embroiled in a contentious lawsuit filed against the county by a...
View ArticleBlog: Celebrating Mono Basin Stream Restoration Agreement
From the Mono Lake Committee Mono-logue blog: “Conventional wisdom says that in life it is important to celebrate successes. By all accounts, the Mono Basin Stream Restoration Agreement certainly...
View ArticleEastern Sierra Snowfall
From the Mammoth Times: “Local Mammoth residents weren’t the only ones surprised by Monday’s deeper-than-expected snowfall.” Read more from the Mammoth Times
View ArticleLos Angeles Aqueduct Bomber Reveals His Story
From the Los Angeles Times: “Mark Berry was 17 in 1976 when he and a friend stole some dynamite and blew apart a gate that regulated the flow of water to the [Los Angeles] aqueduct.” Read more from the...
View Article100 Years of Water: Owens Valley Residents Still Worry About Water Losses to...
From the Los Angeles Daily News: “It was 100 years ago Tuesday that Los Angeles, after buying up most of the Owens Valley and its water rights east of the High Sierra, opened its 233-mile L.A. Aqueduct...
View ArticleWednesday’s Top of the Scroll: A splashing Homage to Controversial Aqueduct...
From the Los Angeles Times: “As water from the Eastern Sierras began gushing down a hillside into the San Fernando Valley on Tuesday, an actor dressed as William Mulholland hollered on cue, ‘There it...
View ArticleWhere Does Your Drinking Water Come From?
From the Inyo Register: “As 100 mules march from the Eastern Sierra to Los Angeles to raise awareness about where L.A.’s water comes from, The Inyo Register’s correspondent, Elizabeth Glazner, took to...
View ArticleLos Angeles DWP is Moving Ahead With Plans for Owens Valley Solar Plant
From the Los Angeles Times: “Over the objections of critics, Los Angeles is moving ahead with plans to build a $680-million 200-megawatt solar energy plant within view of this desolate Eastern Sierra...
View ArticleLos Angeles DWP is Moving Ahead with Plans for Owens Valley Solar Plant
From the Los Angeles Times: “Over the objections of critics, Los Angeles is moving ahead with plans to build a $680-million 200-megawatt solar energy plant within view of this desolate Eastern Sierra...
View ArticleChanges on Tap for Bishop’s Water and Sewer Rates?
From The Inyo Register: “Citizens interested in weighing in on proposed City of Bishop water and sewer rate changes must do so by the first week in February.” Read more from The Inyo Register
View ArticleAnother Dry January on Tap?
From The Inyo Register: “Mammoth Mountain is currently supplementing its natural snow base with man-made snow, so the slopes are open and many, both residents and visitors to the area, have been taking...
View ArticleOutrage in Owens Valley a Century After Los Angeles Began Taking Its Water
From The Sacramento Bee: “By now, the story seems old. A young city, thirsty for water, deploys wealth, cunning and power to divert a river from a distant valley, safeguarding its future at the expense...
View ArticleMono Lake Newsletter Online
From the Mono Lake Newsletter: “2014 marks the 20th anniversary of State Water Board Decision 1631 that mandated lake level rise for Mono Lake and restoration of Mono’s tributary streams and waterfowl...
View ArticleMassive Rockfall in Yosemite National Park
From the Associated Press: “The National Park Service said Monday that nobody was hurt when the 16,000 tons of rock fell 500 feet from a cliff near Hetch Hetchy Reservoir on March 31.” Read more from AP
View ArticleCommentary: San Francisco Should Keep the Promise of a Hetch Hetchy Ferry
From the San Francisco Chronicle, in a commentary by Spreck Rosekrans: “It is time for San Francisco to make good on its century-old promise to improve access to the Hetch Hetchy area of Yosemite...
View Article3 Sierra Nevada Amphibians Get Federal Protections
From the Associated Press: “Federal wildlife officials on Friday granted Endangered Species Act protections to three species of Sierra Nevada amphibians.” Read more from AP
View ArticleProtected Status Given to Sierra Amphibians
From the Stockton Record: “The yellow-legged frog, a native of the high Sierra, will soon be listed as an endangered species, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced Friday.” Read more from the...
View ArticleBlog: Mammoth Residents Concerned Over Geothermal Plant Threat to Groundwater
From the KCET ReWire blog by Chris Clarke: “A 33-megawatt geothermal power plant approved in August by the Bureau of Land Management and U.S. Forest Service has the town of Mammoth Lakes worried about...
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