California’s budget woes played out over the summer as word of the planned closure of 70 state parks, including Mono Lake and adjacent shoreline lands that compose the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve, spread far and wide. The Mono Lake Committee has been hard at work seeking solutions to change the state’s plan. The chance of success is looking very good, which is rewarding given the common closure responses we heard at Mono Lake over the summer: “no way,” “how can we stop this,” and “what are they thinking?”
http://www.monolake.org/today/2011/10/25/campaign-advances-to-keep-mono-lakes-state-park-open/