Meet the Author of “Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin”

Meet the Author of Deep Time in the Mono Lake Basin

September 6 @ 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Book Signing at the Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center

Stop by the Visitor Center between 12:00 pm and 4:00 pm on Saturday, September 5 to meet Dr. Marks, learn more about the long and fascinating history of the Mono Basin, and have your copy of the book signed.

In this sweeping 10,000-year history, Robert Marks examines the forces that have shaped its rich and complex ecosystem. The story starts with the Indigenous peoples, followed by the mid-nineteenth-century arrival of Euro-American settlers and the dispossession of the Kootzaduka’a people of their land. Control over water was at the center of dramas that led to hydroelectric development and the sale of land and water rights to Los Angeles, which then diverted nearly all fresh water out of the Basin, precipitating an ecological crisis by the 1970s and spurring an ecological restoration movement.

Robert B. Marks is Professor Emeritus of History and Environmental Studies at Whittier College, where he taught for more than four decades. His work focuses on environmental history and the ways human societies interact with the natural world across time.

Event Details:
📅 September 6, 2026
🕛 12:00 pm – 4:00 pm (drop in anytime)
📍 Mono Basin Scenic Area Visitor Center: 1 Visitor Center Dr, Lee Vining, CA 93541

Books will be available for purchase at the visitor center bookstore. This event is free and open to the public.