Editing Mono Lake Committee (section)

==Mono Lake==
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Mono Lake is an [[Soda lake|alkaline lake]] east of [[Yosemite National Park]], largely fed by streams from the [[Sierra Nevada (U.S.)|Sierra Nevada]]; it has no natural outlet. In 1919 the level of the lake peaked at 6427' above sea level.<ref name=glazner>{{cite book |first1=Allen|last1=Glazner|first2=Greg|last2=Stock |title=Geology Underfoot in Yosemite National Park|year=2010|publisher=Missoula Press Publishing Company}}</ref> Birds bred and nested on a few volcanic islands in the lake, sustained by the extensive [[brine shrimp]] and alkali flies, which also attracted large numbers of migratory birds.{{citation needed|date=March 2020}}

In 1941, the LADWP began redirecting water from the streams feeding Mono Lake into the [[Los Angeles Aqueduct]]. As time passed, this both reduced the level of the lake and dried out the lower sections of the source streams. By 1981 the level of the lake had been reduced to 6372' above sea level, with the lake's volume cut in half, and its salinity doubled.<ref name=glazner/> Negit Island, a breeding site for birds, developed a land bridge and became susceptible to land-based predators such as coyotes.