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2016 Annual Report 2016 Mono Lake Committee ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AND CHAIR OF THE BOARD Fall 2016 We now have had five years of drought at Mono Lake, and the lake is down over six feet. We were hopeful that a big winter last year would put the lake back on the rise, but El Niño didn’t deliver even an average amount of snowfall. We can take solace, though, in the State Water Board rules that protect the lake in this situation by sharing the pain of the drought between the lake and Los Angeles, achieved thanks to the hard work of the Mono Lake Committee and supporters like you. For perspective, without the Committee’s work, Mono Lake would be about 30 vertical feet lower than it is today. That is the difference between today’s recovering ecosystem, and lake past the point of ecological collapse. The protections that are in place are working. For example: because of the low lake level, water diversions to Los Angeles have been decreased from 16,000 to 4,500 acre-feet. That’s a 70% decrease in water exports leaving the Mono Basin or, in our terms, more water to help Mono Lake weather the drought. Mono Lake has another thing going for it too—you. The Mono Lake Committee membership is a dedicated group of people who care deeply about Mono Lake, and are determined to figure out the best things for the lake no matter what the circumstances. Together we figure out smart ways to protect this remarkable place and—as you’ll see in the pages of this Annual Report—we make it happen. You’ll also find our audited financials from 2015 along with reports on the Committee’s core programs, so you can get a sense of the whole organization. If you’re still curious when you’re done, we hope you’ll get in touch, or better yet, stop by the Information Center & Bookstore in Lee Vining. There’s nothing better than making connections between Mono lake enthusiasts. Well, that, and maybe a nice long string of above-average winters. Long Live Mono Lake! Geoffrey McQuilkin, Executive Director Sally Gaines, Chair, Board of Directors Mono Lake Committee staff. MISSION The Mono Lake Committee is a non-profit citizens’ group dedicated to protecting and restoring the Mono Basin ecosystem, educating the public about Mono Lake and the impacts on the environment of excessive water use, and promoting cooperative solutions that protect Mono Lake and meet real water needs without transferring environmental problems to other areas. For 38 years, the Mono Lake Committee has been inspired by a love for this beautiful place, where a remarkable salt lake lies at the center of a landscape and ecosystem revision of water rights in the Mono Basin that ensures Mono Lake will thrive and its unmatched elsewhere on earth. Our vision since 1978, shared with 16,000 tributary streams prosper. members, is of a healthy, protected, and wild Mono Basin and of an organization Hundreds of thousands of citizens have united in support of Mono Lake, and that seeks positive, principled, proactive solutions to problems. we have learned that protecting this place requires us to do even more. Today the The Committee’s landmark success—saving Mono Lake from destruction due Committee tackles new political challenges, advances the restoration of the lake and to the excessive diversion of water to Los Angeles—is internationally known. We its streams, shares this special place through unique education programs, & broadens revitalized California’s Public Trust doctrine through a precedent-setting state Mono Lake knowledge through scientific research. As always, we provide constant Supreme Court decision, launched programs to meet Los Angeles’ real water vigilance to protect our hard-won victories. needs through water conservation and reclamation, and achieved an extraordinary PROTECTION Protecting Mono Lake, its streams, and the surrounding land requires nimble advocacy, thoughtful planning, and continuing vigilance. Mono Lake needs ongoing citizen involvement to ensure that protections remain in place and strong. Our 38-year history of engagement with Mono Lake water issues provides the critical expertise needed to ensure that promised protections are put into place. The landmark success of the 2013 Mono Basin Stream Restoration Agreement guarantees a healthy future for 19 miles of Mono Lake’s tributary streams and certainty about the restoration of their fisheries, streamside forests, birds, and wildlife. We are on the cusp of turning the Agreement into a new water license issued to the Los Angeles Department of Water & Power (DWP) by the California State Water Board. A key element of the license is DWP’s commitment to invest an estimated $15 million to modernize antiquated aqueduct infrastructure at Grant Lake Reservoir Dam by building a new Grant Outlet structure. The new outlet will physically and symbolically show that the Los Angeles Aqueduct can achieve two purposes: deliver water to the people of LA and protect and restore Mono Lake and the Mono Basin streams providing that water. The Mono Lake Committee works year-round to protect Mono Lake. It’s not unusual to see Committee staff in safety gear for The Committee collaborates with local agencies on Trash cleanup at the Lee Vining diversion pond for visiting the Caltrans Rockfall Project. projects that affect the Mono Basin. the Great Sierra River Cleanup. PROTECTION Committee staff brave chilly fall winds to scope out possible locations for a coyote fence to protect the California Gull colony on Negit and associated islets. The Committee participates in the local 350.org climate Presenting comments at a California Fish & Game The Mono Lake Committee monitors the lake level closely— action and awareness events. Commission bobcat trapping regulation meeting. tracking and recording the lake level each month. RESTORATION Restoration works to heal damage caused by fifty years of excessive water diversions to Los Angeles. The goal in the Mono Basin is to rejuvenate the dynamic ecological processes of Mono Lake and its tributary streams to reestablish natural conditions that will thrive into the future. The Committee plays a critical role in transforming restoration actions required by the State Water Board into on-the-ground progress. When enacted, the 2013 Mono Basin Stream Restoration Agreement will better implement flow regimes that mimic natural runoff patterns & activate natural processes to restore the streams. In the meantime we continue an extensive monitoring program to track and inform the restoration process. Mill Creek, Mono Lake’s third-largest tributary, is not diverted into the Los Angeles Aqueduct, but suffers from antiquated infrastructure that limits full water flows. In 2015 volunteers worked 129 hours to remove more than 737 pounds of invasive white sweet clover from the creek’s banks, which will allow native tree seedlings to grow successfully once Mill Creek gets its fair share of water returned. The Committee tracks flows and groundwater levels on Mono Lake’s tributary streams to monitor progress towards restoration of stream ecosystem health restoration. Generations of volunteers help remove invasive plants to Volunteers from Kid City in Los Angeles pulling invasive Monitoring flows is crucial to informing the stream jump-start streamside forest restoration. sweet clover as it emerges in spring. restoration process. RESTORATION The goal of the stream restoration program is to rejuvenate the dynamic ecological processes and reestablish the natural conditions that will thrive in the future. Volunteers from Pacoima Beautiful in Los Angeles lend a A restoration stewardship project with Outward Bound The Committee’s restoration program includes hand pulling invasive plants along Mono’s tributaries. Los Angeles on the Mono Lake Trail. monitoring on all five of Mono Lake’s tributaries. EDUCATION To share the sense of wonder and understanding that Mono Lake evokes, the Committee’s education program offers an array of popular experiential opportunities, and continues to provide education programs for tens of thousands of people. Canoe tours & South Tufa walks introduced over 2,000 people to Mono Lake. Forty nine Field Seminar program days immersed people in topics from basketry to bighorn sheep. The 14th annual Mono Basin Bird Chautauqua had 296 participants. The environmental education program served 24 groups and 459 students, and the Mono Lake Volunteer Program placed 59 volunteers in the field for daily visitor interaction throughout the summer. At the Information Center & Bookstore we helped more than 65,000 people enjoy their Mono Basin visits. Nearly half a million individuals accessed monolake.org, and the Mono Lake Newsletter reached 16,000 members and the visiting public. Outdoor Education Center programs for Los Angeles youth connected 273 students and 60 leaders in 21 groups with the source of their water at Mono Lake for a total of 1,365 student education days in the form of week-long visits. Students from Pacoima Beautiful in the San Fernando Valley tour South Tufa. A group from East Yard Communities for Environmental Outdoor Education Center programs build appreciation A student from LA WYLD of Los Angeles takes the Justice from Commerce helps with stream restoration. for the Mono Basin/Los Angeles watershed. plunge at the top of his watershed. EDUCATION Students from Communities for a Better Environment of Huntington Park having some good old fashioned fun at June Lake beach. Students from Communities for a Better Environment The Committee leads canoe tours introducing visitors to Students from South El Monte High School watch the celebrating snow at the top of their watershed. Mono Lake each weekend throughout the summer. sunset at the Mono Basin Outdoor Education Center. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH Science provides a critical base for our policy positions, a guide for restoration and inspiration for understanding Mono Lake. Since 1976, scientific research has provided ecosystem and landscape knowledge that is the foundation of Mono Lake’s protection.
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