The epic rain and snow from a few winters ago appears to have changed the lake's chemistry, with big impacts for wildlife.

The remains of a wild horse sit along the shores of Mono Lake on May 6. U.S. Forest Service officials say the horse deaths are probably linked to the long, cold winter in California.

Some of California’s biggest lakes are making dramatic comebacks as the state’s “big melt” of snowpack reshapes the landscape in historic — and perhaps unexpected — ways. Owens Lake ...

The Great Salt Lake and Mono Lake provide critical staging ground for millions of birds as they move on their migration path across the Western Hemisphere. One of those species is the California ...

Environmentalists say it’s past time for California water officials to halt Los Angeles’ diversion of Mono Lake’s tributaries. But L.A. officials insist that water is a tiny but vital part ...

The Mono Lake Committee already has about $70,000 in grant funding it secured to do maintenance work on the boardwalk, McQuilkin said, and those funds will now go toward repairing the fire damage.

Mono Lake seen from above in California. (Department of Fish and Wildlife via Courthouse News) The Mono Lake Committee sent a letter in December urging the board to temporarily restrict the Los ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — This story was originally published by CalMatters. As trickling snowmelt in the Sierra Nevada slowly raises Mono Lake — famed for its bird life and outlandish shoreline ...

Ultimately, the decision on whether to reduce the amount of water the LADWP gets from Mono Lake will be up to the California State Water Resources Control Board. Report a correction or typo ...

The Inn fire had grown to over 700 acres to the northwest of Mono Lake, near the Nevada border. It’s one of several brush fires that have erupted in California in the last week as the weather ...

U.S. 395 in Mono County is closed in both directions for the Inn Fire burning just north of Lee Vining, Calif., near Mono Lake. The fire, 140 miles south of Reno, has spread to 540 acres with no ...