Events, News, and Updates
Recent and Upcoming Events
Presentations, book signings, and conferences
Date | Time | Event | Details | Link text |
|---|---|---|---|---|
11/01/2025 | Eastern Sierra History Conference | Lecture previewing Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin, Sierra Forever | ||
05/19/2026 | Mono Lake Committee | Book launch open to MLC staff and trustees | ||
05/22/2026 | tbd | Eastern Sierra Visitor Center Lone Pine, CA (US 395 south of Lone Pine, intersection with SR 136) | Author Book Talk and Signing | More Info |
05/26/2026 | Seminar tbd | SNARL (Sierra Nevada Aquatic Research Laboratory) 1016 Mt. Morrison Road Mammoth Lakes, CA | Author Book Talk and Signing | |
06/11/2026 | 4-6 pm | Lee Vining Library Library Building, Lee Vining, CA 51710 Hwy #395 | Author book talk and signing | |
06/12/2026 | 11-12 noon | Bridgeport Library 94 North School St., Bridgeport CA | Author book talk and signing | |
07/03/2026 | tbd | Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center 1 Visitor Center Dr., Lee Vining, CA | Author book talk and signing | |
07/06/2026 | 6:15 pm | Mono Basin Historical Society Mono Lake Tribe and Lee Vining Community Center, 296 Mattly Ave., Lee Vining CA | “Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin” Presentation and book signing | |
07/18/2026 | 9 am- 4 pm | Eastern Sierra Book Festival Mammoth Museum at the Hayden Cabin, Mammoth Lakes, CA | Author book signing | |
07/30/2026 | 5-6 pm | June Lake Library 90 West Granite Ave., June Lake, CA | Author book talk and signing | |
08/14/2026 | 5:30 pm | Mammoth Lakes Library 400 Sierra Park Rd. , Mammoth Lakes, CA | Author book talk and signing | |
tbd | Spellbinder Books 124 S. Main Street Bishop, CA | Author book talk and signing | ||
Eastern Sierra History Conference, 2026 | Presentation and book signing | |||
Western History Association Conference 2026 | ||||
American Society for Environmental History 2027 |
News & Updates
Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin Now Available for Preorder
Robert B. Marks' new book is now available for preorder through University of California Press. Official release date: May 2026. This sweeping 10,000-year history examines how natural forces and human actions shaped the Mono Lake Basin ecosystem.
Mono Lake Could Be Losing Its California Gulls
According to KQED, "Biologists with Point Blue Conservation Science said in their study of the gulls’ 2024 breeding season that although 20,000 breeding birds built roughly 10,000 nests at the lake, just 324 chicks survived."
"We won't need Mono Lake water to meet the supplies in L.A." Richard Katz, President of the L.A. Board of Water and Power Commissioners. October 28, 2025
The City of Los Angeles may no longer need Mono Basin water.
With a newly expanded wastewater treatment plant, the President of the L.A. Board of Water and Power Commissions “said this will enable the city to stop taking water from Sierra streams that feed Mono Lake.”
LA City Council reaffirms support for Mono Lake
DWP misses the point, attempts to twist purpose of Mono Lake Day celebration
Calls Grow for Boosting Mono Lake by Easing L.A.'s Water Reliance
Decades ago, L.A. was ordered to take less water to save Mono Lake. But the city remains far from a key goal.
