Executive Director
Mono Lake Committee
Bio:
Geoffrey McQuilkin joined the effort to protect Mono Lake in fifth grade and he has worked for the nonprofit Mono Lake Committee for over three decades. Geoff leads the Committee’s efforts to protect Mono Lake, restore Mono Lake’s tributary streams, share the wonders of this special place through education programs, and ensure that the strong tradition of scientific research at Mono Lake continues. A graduate of Harvard in the history of science, Geoff is excited to be blending science, policy, education, and love of place to make a difference for Mono Lake’s future. He’s happy to live close to the lake with his wife and their three daughters.
Title: Mono Lake: The Challenge of Implementing Protection Successes
Abstract: Significant protections have been set in place for Mono Lake and its hemispherically important saline lake ecosystem. But plans on paper are different from seeing water in the lake, and after three decades the lake is only halfway to its mandated recovery level. When protecting lakes how do we make sure implementation achieves the vision? What’s next for Mono Lake?
