Imagine alien limestone towers emerging from a creepy (but beautiful) lake. Now, add toxic water and dangerous dust storms, ...

The loss of the Great Salt Lake would be an environmental disaster with health and economic effects far beyond Utah’s borders. The state is taking action, but critics say it’s not doing enough.

Chronic water level decline has been an issue at Mono Lake for the past century due to a combination of long-term diversions and drought. This has caused ecological and hydrologic damage in the basin, ...

Many of the big saline lakes of the Americas are on the brink of collapse due to climate change and water diversions. Mono lake’s survival is due to the scientists, activists, and locals who ...

LA Gets 1%-3% of its Water from Mono Lake Some 30 miles east of Yosemite Valley, vast amounts of Sierra Nevada snowmelt drain ...

“What is a reasonable amount of diversion given LA’s water needs, given the public trust needs at Mono Lake, and the decision that was made in 1994?” Ekdahl said.

Mono Lake on the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada on May 20, 2023. Los Angeles has been diverting the iconic alpine lake's water to city taps since 1941.

The decision is a deflating disappointment for McQuilkin, who has lobbied for the restoration of Mono Lake for more than 30 years. “It wasn’t illegal,” said McQuilkin.

An incredible, ancient body of water, over a million years old, and about 65 square miles in size, which makes Mono lake one of the oldest continuously existing lakes in North America.

The goal, he said, is to get Mono Lake back to a level that allows the ecosystem to thrive. Read more: L.A. County captures 96 billion gallons of water during 'super year' of storms ...

But the water in Mono Lake remains 34 feet below its pre-diversion level, and it still has 8 vertical feet to rise before it reaches the target of 6,391 feet above sea level.

(via PBS Terra) Many of the big saline lakes of the Americas are on the brink of collapse due to climate change and water diversions. Nestled at the eastern edge of the Sierra Nevada in California, ...