Mono Lake is a saline soda lake in Mono County, California, formed at least 760,000 years ago as a terminal lake in an endorheic basin. The lack of an outlet causes high levels of salts to accumulate

National Audubon Society v. Superior Court, 33 Cal. 3d 419, is a California Supreme Court decision holding that the public trust doctrine limits appropriative water rights and requires the state to co