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Winter & Spring MONO LAKE N E W S L E T T E R W i n t e r & S p r i n g 2 0 1 2 Mono’s State Park is Open! Limnology Monitoring Challenged Caltrans’ Rock Fall Project Field Seminars t seems that the frequency of superstitious behavior increases with unusual weather. I’ve heard people of all stripes talking about snow dances of late. It’s Inot just ski bums anymore—even people who aren’t that into winter seem a little spooked by the lack of snowfall. Just last week it was so nice outside I pulled out the deck furniture—when it was time to put it away I left it out there just to see if I could taunt some weather into the Mono Basin. Needless to say, it didn’t work. Mono Lake Offi ce Superstitions blur the lines between the things you actually can have control Information Center & Bookstore over and the things you can’t. As I sit here willing the snow to fall with the articles Highway 395 at Third Street Post Offi ce Box 29 of this Newsletter scattered on my living room fl oor, I see a theme: people banding Lee Vining, California 93541 together, thinking creatively, and doing what they can for a place they love. (760) 647-6595 Keeping the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve open … yes! Speaking up when DWP wants to end limnology monitoring for no logical reason … of course! [email protected] monolake.org Getting Mill Creek water back to Mill Creek … how can we not? Updating the LA monobasinresearch.org Aqueduct to meet the needs of people and Mono Lake … absolutely. Superstitions are fun, but there’s nothing as rewarding as good old fashioned, honest, dedication. Los Angeles Offi ce Of course there’s no way to know if you’re going to be able to achieve the outcome 1718 Wellesley Avenue you desire, but you certainly don’t know if you don’t give it a try. Los Angeles, California 90025-3634 As we tie up the last pieces of this issue of the Mono Lake Newsletter there are actually snowfl akes fl ying, and the weather man seems to be mentioning Staff “Miracle March” more often. As much as I’d like to think that there is something Executive Director........................... Geoffrey McQuilkin Eastern Sierra Policy Director ...................Lisa Cutting we could actually do about getting more snow to fall in the Mono Basin this year, Education Director ....................................Bartshé Miller realistically, there’s not. But there are still many, many things that we can and are Communications Director ...............Arya Degenhardt Offi ce Director .......................................Rosanne Catron doing for Mono Lake—and those are the reasons why the Mono Lake Committee Membership Coordinator ............................. Ellen King has been here day in and day out for 34 years with no sign of slowing down. Information & Restoration Specialist ......... Greg Reis Policy Coordinator ...............................Morgan Lindsay So, I don’t want to jinx anything, but maybe if I write that it’s dry, dry, dry, by Sacramento Policy Associate ........... Betsy Reifsnider Outdoor Experiences Mgr .....Santiago M. Escruceria the time this Newsletter makes it to your mailbox we’ll get our snow back? In the LA Education Coordinator...........Herley Jim Bowling meantime, we’ve got plenty of things that we can do. LA Outreach Education Coord ...........Jennifer Odum Communications Coordinator .....................Elin Ljung —Arya Degenhardt, Communications Director Info Center & Bookstore Manager ............ Jessica Horn Bookkeeper ......................................Donnette Huselton Project Specialist ...................................Carolyn Weddle Info Center & Bookstore Assistant ............Russ Reese Board of Directors . Sally Gaines, Mammoth Lakes, Chair Tom Soto, Santa Monica, Secretary David Kanner, Redwood City, Treasurer Martha Davis, Riverside Vireo Gaines, Albany Richard Lehman, Fresno WWW.MATTLUDIN.COM Sherryl Taylor, Mammoth Lakes Doug Virtue, San Pedro Directors Emeriti ARYA DEGENHARDT ARYA Helen Green • Ed Grosswiler Genny Smith Brent Coeur-Barron, Corporate Counsel COVER PHOTO COURTESY OF MATT LUDIN, OF MATT COVER PHOTO COURTESY This winter the Mono Basin has been graced by the presence of two Trumpeter Swans, Founded by David Gaines in 1978 Cygnus buccinator, at County Park—an unusual sight. MONO LAKE NEWSLETTER Mono Lake Committee Mission Winter & Spring 2012 Volume XXXIII, Numbers 3 & 4 The Mono Lake Committee is a non-profi t citizens’ group dedicated to protecting The Mono Lake Newsletter is a quarterly publication of the and restoring the Mono Basin ecosystem, educating the public about Mono Mono Lake Committee. Written material contained in this Lake and the impacts on the environment of excessive water use, and promoting newsletter may be quoted or reproduced for review, reporting, educational purposes, or related non-profi t uses; a copy of the cooperative solutions that protect Mono Lake and meet real water needs without publication is requested. Reproduction or quotation for other purposes may be approved upon written request. transferring environmental problems to other areas. ISSN #0275-6633. Copyright © 2012 Mono Lake Committee. Printed on 100% recycled paper. 2 Mono Lake Newsletter – Winter & Spring 2012 Mono Lake’s state park is, and will remain, open and operating Grassroots campaign averts state’s planned closure by Geoffrey McQuilkin ARYA DEGENHARDT ARYA hanks to a six-month grassroots public effort, the The December announcement by California State Parks world-renowned state park at Mono Lake—the Mono came just in time for this year’s 30th anniversary of the park, TLake Tufa State Natural Reserve—was removed from which was created in 1982. California’s 70-park closure list. For Mono Lake friends and “The announcement was the culmination of months of supporters this is certainly a cause for celebration. hard work and was the best Christmas present we could have This means that the Mono Lake Reserve will remain open ever wished for. The state park is critical to keeping Mono to the public, drawing hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Lake protected for future generations,” said Sally Gaines, local economy, providing public access to Mono Lake, offering Mono Lake Committee Board Chair. “It’s great news that educational programs, and assuring ongoing public management creative solutions will keep it open.” and stewardship for Mono Lake’s unique ecosystem. The Mono Lake Reserve came off the closure list thanks to a broad public outcry combined with a new parking fee revenue solution (see box). The news also put to rest A modest parking fee legal questions raised by many, including the Mono Lake Committee, about how Mono Lake was selected for the For Mono Lake visitors, the only change needed to save closure list in the fi rst place. the Mono Lake Reserve is the establishment of a $3 per- Committee members and Mono Lake fans near and far vehicle parking fee at Old Marina, the most visited state wrote letters and signed locally-placed petitions all last park site. Here’s how it will work: Visitors will pay $3 to summer, opposing closure and offering possible solutions. park at Old Marina; there is no charge for pedestrians or Over 4,000 letters and petition signatures were hand- cyclists. Federal fee passes accepted at South Tufa and delivered to Governor Jerry Brown, Parks Director Ruth Yosemite National Park do not include Old Marina, and Coleman, Mono County’s State Assemblymember Kristin vice versa. Also, a morning entrance fee at Bodie State Olsen, and State Senator Ted Gaines. Historic Park will cover an afternoon visit to Old Marina, Key support for keeping the Mono Lake Reserve open as a but not the other way around. The Committee expects critical piece of the local tourism-based economy came from future fee system discussions to examine how a universal the Mono County Board of Supervisors, state representatives, Mono Lake visitor pass could work. Continued on page 4 Winter & Spring 2012 – Mono Lake Newsletter 3 State park from page 3 the Mono County Film & Tourism Commission, and the programs such as the museum and bookstore at Bodie State Mammoth Lakes Town Council. When the news broke, Historic Park. At Mono Lake, that makes it the perfect Assemblymember Olsen said, “I’m thrilled that the Mono organization to handle the collection and transfer of fees Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve has successfully been directly to Mono Lake Reserve operations. removed from the state’s park closure list … I congratulate With the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve off the the community members who have worked hard and state park closure list, now is a great time to make plans to creatively to keep Mono Lake open.” visit this summer. The birds and brine shrimp will welcome The California State Parks agency, with its highly trained you to the lake’s salty shore to celebrate another milestone staff and depth of experience, will continue to manage and success for Mono Lake. ❖ protect the sovereign state lands and waters of the Mono Lake Reserve sustainably for public enjoyment. The parking Geoff McQuilkin is the Committee’s Executive Director. He fee solution will address the agency’s concerns about the has been seeing a lot of California geography thanks to current lack of user fee revenue at the Mono Lake Reserve . frequent work trips to Los Angeles, Sacramento, and points The modest parking fee will be put into place at Old Marina, in between. the state’s major west shore visitation site—and all funds collected will be used to offset operating expenses at the Mono Lake Reserve. Given the low cost and high effi ciency Many parks still need solutions of the Reserve operation, adding a user fee to the already high level of volunteer and community support means it is Even as we celebrate Mono Lake’s reprieve, 60 California possible to substantially strengthen the foundation of the state parks remain in danger and are scheduled to close by Mono Lake Reserve and keep it open and operating.
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