Greenwire: Despite being among the most protected salt lakes in the American West, Californias Mono Lake in the eastern Sierra Nevada may reach its lowest level in a decade due to to water management, climate change and drought. In 1941, Los Angeles came for the scenic lake here.
After diverting the inflows to Owens Lake -- setting it on course for ruin -- the city extended its aqueduct 100 miles north in the eastern Sierra Nevada and captured virtually all of Mono Lake's tributaries.
Like Owens Lake,...