394-Mono Lake Visitor Center
Mono Like Visitor Center with displays and gift shop and nature trail north of the town of Lee Vining Ca. on the way up US 395 to Bodie Ghost Town.
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Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve - South Tufa Area
It's one of the grand landscapes of the American West —an ancient lake cradled by volcanoes, glacier-carved canyons and snowy peaks. Visitors marvel at the 8 mile long (north to south) and 13 mile wide (east to west) lake and its unusual tufa towers, remarkable limestone creations that rise from the lake in magnificent knobs and spires.
Mono Lake has been called California's Dead Sea, but it's actually a life-support system for great numbers of birds. California gulls fly in from the coast to nest on the lake's isles. An estimated 90 percent of the state's population of this gull is born on Mono Lake.
Some 800,000 eared grebes, duck-like diving birds, have been tallied. Mono's summertime winged visitors include Wilson's and red-necked phalaropes, species that commute from wintering grounds in South America.
Primary bird food is the brine shrimp which, like other organisms dependent on Mono's waters, has evolved over the last million years or so to adapt to an extremely saline habitat.
While Mono is anything but a dead sea, it was, until recently, a dying lake. Beginning in 1941 and continuing for more than a half-century, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power diverted most of the major creeks and rivers that had sustained Mono Lake for centuries. Such diversions caused the lake level to drop 40 feet and its waters to double in salinity.
The resultant damage to the lake's ecological integrity and to Mono Basin's wildlife habitat prompted the Mono Lake Committee and National Audubon Society to take legal action to stop this drastic drain. After 16 years of conservation efforts and legal challenges by citizen activists in numerous courts and forums, the State Water Resources Control Board agreed to raise the lake level in 1994.
Theoretically and legally at least, Mono Lake has been saved. Much shoreline and wildlife habitat restoration will be necessary, however, to return the lake to ideal environmental health. Learn more about the lake and conservation efforts at the Mono Basin National Forest Scenic Area Visitor Center located on the outskirts of Lee Vining. The Mono Lake Committee maintains an information center and gift/bookstore in downtown Lee Vining.
Travelers with limited time can get a quick look at the lake and some tufa formations with the help of two boardwalk trails located at Old Marina on the west shore and Mono Lake County Park on the northwest shore.
The best place to observe Mono's most compelling natural attraction— its tufa towers—is the South Tufa Area, explored by a short interpretive trail. The trail's shoreline segments will no doubt need to be relocated periodically as the lake rises and reclaims its ancient bed.
Tufa towers are formed when calcium-rich freshwater springs bubble up into the carbonate-saturated alkaline lake water. This calcium-carbonate comingling results in limestone formations—the magnificent tufa spires.
Trailside interpretive signs explain more than most hikers will want to know about the lake's food chain of algae, billions of brine flies, trillions of shrimp, as well as gulls, grebes and other migratory birds. Some visitors, overwhelmed by the lake's majesty, might be disappointed to learn that Mono is the native Yokut word for brine fly.
South Tufa Trail leads past some landlocked tufa formations, then skirts the lakeshore for a look out at those protruding from the midst of Mono. Loop back to the parking area if you wish, or extend your hike by continuing on to Navy Beach, the lake's best swimming area.
Directions to trailhead: From Highway 395, about 5 miles south of the hamlet of Lee Vining, turn east on Highway 120 and drive 5 miles to the signed turnoff for the South Tufa Area/Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve. Turn left and proceed a mile on good gravel road to a parking area near the trailhead.
JSE 420 FILMS - MONO LAKE
JSE 420 FILMS-MONO LAKE-HD - This website contains videos shot at 4:20 PM at different locations around the world! Check out some of the HD video footage shot at this ancient lake backed by music from famed environmental musician David M. Huber. /51bpm.com. TRT-6:04
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MONO LAKE -420 PM- Mono Lake is located just off Highway 395 ... 13 miles east of Yosemite National Park, near the town of Lee Vining, California. Access to 395 from the park is easiest via Highway 120 over the Tioga Pass. A reminder though, Tioga Pass is closed during the winter and, usually, most of the spring.
Mono Lake is unique. For starters, it's old--at least 700,000 years old and one of the oldest continuously existing lakes on the continent. Fed by huge glaciers during the last Ice Age, Mono Lake was 60 times larger than the 66 square miles it covers today.
Mono Lake is naturally salty and alkaline because it has no outlet. The only way water leaves is via evaporation. The Sierra streams that flow into Mono contain only trace amounts of minerals and salts but those minerals and salts stay and their concentrations, over the years, grow.
The City of Los Angeles, hundreds of miles to the south, has been diverting water from the Mono Basin since 1941. That diversion has cut the lake volume in half and has doubled its alkalinity and salinity. An extended court fight has finally stopped the water diversion and Mono Lake is once again growing--albeit slowly.
Mono Lake is a geologist's paradise. It is ringed by volcanoes--new and old. Two of the islands on the lake are volcanic domes. No area volcanoes are active at the moment but the area shows many signs of potential eruptions.
Perhaps the most intriguing of Mono Lake's phenomena are the tufa (pronounced toofah) towers visible along much of the shoreline. Tufa are made from calcium carbonate which makes its way into the lake from underground springs. The calcium and carbonate combine to form limestone which builds up over time around the lake bottom spring openings. Declining lake levels have exposed the tufa towers we see today. Some of these tufa towers are up to 30 feet high.
Upon first glance, it would seem that Mono Lake is lifeless. Far from it, Mono supports a simple but amazingly productive food chain. At the bottom of that chain are microscopic, single-celled algae. The algae serves as food for two other species--brine shrimp and brine flies which, in turn, serve as the major food source for literally millions of water birds. It's estimated that some 85% of California's seagulls started their life here at Mono Lake. There are at least 80 species of water fowl that call Mono Lake home.
The Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center is a great place to start your visit to this area. The center is located just off Highway 395, north of Lee Vining and includes exhibits about both the natural and human history of the Mono Basin. Visitor center staff will also help you plan your explorations of this great region. The phone number for the visitor center is 760.647.6331.
Mono Lake and the adjacent basin are open for year-round recreation. Hiking, swimming, boating, bird watching and photography are very popular outdoor activities.
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Inyo National Forest Mono Basin National Scenic area Mono Lake and Mono Craters, CA
Mono Basin//Lundy Canyon
Mono Lake, Lundy Canyon and some sights along highway 395.
Of Ice and Fire: The Mono Basin
United States Forest Service
Pacific Southwest Region
Of Ice and Fire: The Mono Basin
NTIS A193989VNB1, 1992
The Mono Basin National Forest scenic area is a land of vivid contrasts and subtle mysteries. This video explores the Mono Basin's unique and outstanding geology, ecology, and human story. (Grade 6 - adult)
Walker Fire in the Mono Basin South of Lee Vining
As of 8 am this morning:
Date Started: 8/14/2015
Cause: Human
Total Personnel: 484
Injuries/Illnesses to Date: 0
Size: 3,715 acres Structures Threatened: 235
Percent Contained: 35%
Resources: 4 helicopters, 0 seats, 2 Air tankers Engines 34, Crews 10, Water Tenders 6, Dozers 4
Structures Lost: 0
Estimated Containment: 8/23/2015
Mono Lake 4x4 Trail 4K
This runs along the old Bodie & Benton Railroad Grade on the North Shore of Mono Lake. There are two sections where tire pressure will need to be lowered in order to pass, but beyond those two it's pretty easy.
It was smokey from the multiple fires in Yosemite National Park, but I assume when clear you get beautiful views of the mountains. Wild horses apparently roam the area at times too.
Mono Lake California
Mono Lake California
While in Yosemite, I took a day trip down into Lee Vining and explored Mono Lake. Come along and explore Mono Lake with me. I will explore the strange formations this salt water lake has called Tufa. I also explored a natural formation called the Ice House local ranchers used as a refrigerator back in the day.
So come along with me and explore the wonders of Mono Lake, the Tufa formations and the Mono Lake Ice House.
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California State Parks: Russ Christoff Visits Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
From the series Traveling California State Parks with Russ Christoff. Used by permission of Under the Stars Productions. Some information may have changed since filming. Visit for updated information.
Mono Lake
Mono Lake is a large, shallow saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate in the lake. These salts also make the lake water alkaline.
This desert lake has an unusually productive ecosystem based on brine shrimp that thrive in its waters, and provides critical nesting habitat for two million annual migratory birds that feed on the shrimp and blackflies.
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Yosemite National Park
Yosemite National Park (/joʊˈsɛmɨtiː/ yoh-SEM-it-ee) is a United States National Park spanning eastern portions of Tuolumne, Mariposa and Madera counties in the central eastern portion of the U.S. state of California. The park, which is managed by the National Park Service, covers an area of 747,956 acres (3,026.87 km2) and reaches across the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada mountain chain. Over 3.7 million people visit Yosemite each year: most spend their time in the seven square miles (18 km2) of Yosemite Valley. Designated a World Heritage Site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its spectacular granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, Giant Sequoia groves, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness. Yosemite was central to the development of the national park idea. First, Galen Clark and others lobbied to protect Yosemite Valley from development, ultimately leading to President Abraham Lincoln's signing the Yosemite Grant in 1864. Later, John Muir led a successful movement to establish a larger national park encompassing not just the valley, but surrounding mountains and forests as well - paving the way for the United States national park system.
Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals. The park has an elevation range from 2,127 to 13,114 feet (648 to 3,997 m) and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral/oak woodland, lower montane forest, upper montane forest, subalpine zone, and alpine. Of California's 7,000 plant species, about 50% occur in the Sierra Nevada and more than 20% within Yosemite. There is suitable habitat or documentation for more than 160 rare plants in the park, with rare local geologic formations and unique soils characterizing the restricted ranges many of these plants occupy.
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Yosemite National Park | Wikipedia audio article
This is an audio version of the Wikipedia Article:
Yosemite National Park
00:03:33 1 History
00:03:42 1.1 Ahwahneechee and the Mariposa Wars
00:06:56 1.2 Early tourists
00:09:47 1.3 Yosemite Grant
00:12:36 1.4 Increased protection efforts
00:14:48 1.5 National Park Service
00:17:38 2 Geography
00:18:48 2.1 Rocks and erosion
00:20:27 2.2 Popular features
00:22:05 2.3 Water and ice
00:25:24 2.4 Climate
00:29:16 3 Geology
00:29:25 3.1 Tectonic and volcanic activity
00:31:26 3.2 Uplift and erosion
00:32:55 3.3 Sculpting by glaciers
00:34:26 4 Ecology
00:34:35 4.1 Habitats
00:37:51 4.2 Management issues
00:41:34 4.3 Wildfires
00:42:21 5 Activities
00:44:13 5.1 Hiking
00:45:31 5.2 Driving destinations
00:46:15 5.3 Climbing
00:46:52 5.4 Winter activities
00:47:47 5.5 Other
00:48:37 6 In popular culture
00:49:02 7 See also
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Yosemite National Park (, yoh-SEM-i-tee) is an American national park located in the western Sierra Nevada of Central California, bounded on the southeast by Sierra National Forest and on the northwest by Stanislaus National Forest. The park, which is managed by the National Park Service, covers an area of 747,956 acres (1,168.681 sq mi; 302,687 ha; 3,026.87 km2) and sits in four counties: centered in Tuolumne and Mariposa, extending north and east to Mono and south to Madera County. Designated a World Heritage site in 1984, Yosemite is internationally recognized for its granite cliffs, waterfalls, clear streams, giant sequoia groves, lakes, mountains, meadows, glaciers, and biological diversity. Almost 95% of the park is designated wilderness.On average, about 4 million people visit Yosemite each year, and most spend the majority of their time in the 5.9 square miles (15 km2) of Yosemite Valley. The park set a visitation record in 2016, surpassing 5 million visitors for the first time in its history. Yosemite was central to the development of the national park idea. Galen Clark and others lobbied to protect Yosemite Valley from development, ultimately leading to President Abraham Lincoln's signing the Yosemite Grant in 1864. John Muir led a successful movement to have Congress establish a larger national park by 1890, one which encompassed the valley and its surrounding mountains and forests, paving the way for the National Park System.Yosemite is one of the largest and least fragmented habitat blocks in the Sierra Nevada, and the park supports a diversity of plants and animals. The park has an elevation range from 2,127 to 13,114 feet (648 to 3,997 m) and contains five major vegetation zones: chaparral and oak woodland, lower montane forest, upper montane forest, subalpine zone, and alpine. Of California's 7,000 plant species, about 50% occur in the Sierra Nevada and more than 20% are within Yosemite. The park contains suitable habitat for more than 160 rare plants, with rare local geologic formations and unique soils characterizing the restricted ranges many of these plants occupy.The geology of the Yosemite area is characterized by granitic rocks and remnants of older rock. About 10 million years ago, the Sierra Nevada was uplifted and then tilted to form its relatively gentle western slopes and the more dramatic eastern slopes. The uplift increased the steepness of stream and river beds, resulting in the formation of deep, narrow canyons. About one million years ago, snow and ice accumulated, forming glaciers at the higher alpine meadows that moved down the river valleys. Ice thickness in Yosemite Valley may have reached 4,000 feet (1,200 m) during the early glacial episode. The downslope movement of the ice masses cut and sculpted the U-shaped valley that attracts so many visitors to its scenic vistas today.The name Yosemite (meaning killer in Miwok) originally referred to the name of a renegade tribe which was driven out of the area (and possibly annihilated) by the Mariposa Battalion. Previously, the area had been called Ahwahnee (big mouth) by indigenous people.