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

The return of Owens Lake threatens billions of dollars in efforts to stem air pollution, while the resurgent Mono Lake is generating cautious optimism.

On the afternoon of May 22, a wildfire sparked next to Highway 395 near the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, causing major damage to the reserve’s infrastructure.

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.

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 ...

One of Mono Lake’s iconic tufa formations is pictured on the south shore of the lake in Mono County, California, on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.

A fast-moving fire near Mono Lake in the Eastern Sierra has forced the evacuation of a small mountain town of 332 residents and shut down a key section of U.S. Highway 395, a vital artery that ...

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 ...

One of Mono Lake’s iconic tufa formations is pictured on the south shore of the lake in Mono County, California, Aug. 8. (Spenser Heaps, Deseret News) ...

Why the courts could have the final say on the Great Salt Lake’s future “Certainly, the lake is deserving of this kind of justice.” California’s Mono Lake paved the way.