LAist

Another casualty of a bone-dry winter: LA won’t take less water from Mono Lake

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The Union Democrat

At Mono Lake, visitors witness the stark toll of LA’s water use

At a trailhead surrounded by sagebrush, a naturalist welcomes a group of visitors to Mono Lake beside a sign that reads “Oasis in the Desert.” Guide Ryan Garrett, his face alight, greets the group of ...
Yahoo

Decades ago, L.A. was ordered to take less water to save Mono Lake. But the city remains far from a key goal

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles diverts water from creeks that feed Mono Lake. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times) The picturesque tufa towers on the ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: L.A. doesn’t need Mono Lake’s water — but Mono Lake desperately does

To the editor: Thank you for Bruce Resnik’s essay, “A wet winter began to replenish Mono Lake. L.A. should let it be a lake again.” I opened the Mono Lake Committee’s Los Angeles office in 1979. At ...
Yahoo

Officials frightened by drastic transformation in Los Angeles water source: 'Not in good shape'

State officials and nonprofit groups have sounded the alarm on the City of Los Angeles' failed promises to restore water levels at California's Mono Lake, citing massive harms being done to the local ...
Courthouse News Service

California water board urged to declare emergency at Mono Lake

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CN) — California authorities face renewed pressure to preserve the valuable salty waters of the Mono Lake – as despite recent rainfall, a historic drought and demands from the Los ...
AOL

As Los Angeles plans to take less water, environmentalists celebrate a win for Mono Lake

Passing clouds provide a striking backdrop for exposed tufa towers along the shore of Mono Lake in Lee Vining. (Brian van der Brug/Los Angeles Times) City leaders in Los Angeles have announced plans ...
ABC7

Los Angeles gets some of its water from Mono Lake, but there's a push to change how much

Mono Lake is just one of the sources Los Angeles uses to meet its water demands. But those who oversee it want a better plan to keep more of the water in the basin. As the snow in the Sierras ...
Arizona Daily Sun

‘It needs more water’: Calls grow for boosting Mono Lake by easing LA’s water reliance

LEE VINING, Calif. — The picturesque tufa towers on the shores of Mono Lake, formed over centuries by underwater springs and left high and dry as Los Angeles diverted water from nearby creeks, have ...
Los Angeles Times

Wild horses spent the harsh winter at Mono Lake. Now they’re turning up dead

Several wild horse carcasses have been discovered this spring on the southwestern shores of Mono Lake, after California endured a cold and snowy winter. As multiple feet of snow finally melted around ...
AOL

Decades ago, L.A. was ordered to take less water to save Mono Lake. But the city remains far from a key goal

The picturesque tufa towers on the shores of Mono Lake, formed over centuries by underwater springs and left high and dry as Los Angeles diverted water from nearby creeks, have long been a symbol of ...