In case you missed Monday’s Washington Post, we have a link to a front-page article titled “A new gold rush pits money and jobs against California’s environment,” which mentions Friends of the Inyo and our fight to protect Conglomerate Mesa from mining interests. Read all about it!
Louis Medina
KMMT’s 7/15 ACE Show Featuring Friends of the Inyo’s Participation in Latino Conservation Week If you think you missed KMMT FM’s July 15 Arts, Culture & Entertainment Show focusing on Friends of the Inyo’s upcoming Latino Conservation Week event, “Shepherds of Today! A talk about nature and conservation with local sheepherders,” you didn’t! You can listen to a recording of the show, which includes a conversation between Host John DeMaria and FOI’s Lou Medina. Tell your amigos – our event will be held bilingually in English and Spanish at Bishop City Park Saturday, July 23 from 4:30 to 6 p.m….
Opportunities to partner with us in our water justice work; an invitation to join us for any of our FREE summer events, including our first ever Latino Conservation Week event in Bishop City Park – Read all about it in The Juniper E-Newsletter from Friends of the Inyo!
Shepherds of Today (Pastores de Hoy) – Friends of the Inyo’s Latino Conservation Week Event – Coming up July 23 in Bishop City Park Friends of the Inyo is getting ready to offer its first ever Latino Conservation Week Event, and it will be held bilingually, in English and Spanish, for the entire community to enjoy. We invite people of all ages, Eastern Sierra locals and tourists alike, to join us at Bishop’s City Park, at the gazebo on Main Street, Saturday, July 23, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., to listen to local sheepherders (many of whom are Hispanic) talk…
“The futures of tourism, wildlife and ranching in Mono County are now at the mercy of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power – according to environmental groups – now that a court has upheld the agency’s authority to cut irrigation water.” Click here to read the entire article, which has been distributed to numerous media outlets throughout the Western U.S., thanks to our partnership with Public News Service. We Need Your Support! If you would like to help Friends of the Inyo continue the good fight for water justice in the Eastern Sierra, please read our June…
Friends of the Inyo’s June 2022 Funding Appeal to our donors and supporters is all about water – each drop of it as precious as a diamond in these times of drought. Please read a heartfelt plea for support from Executive Director Wendy Schneider and follow the instructions to donate to help our water justice work so we can continue the fight to keep our water in the Eastern Sierra. Thank you!
We translated the stricter seasonal fire restrictions reported in the Inyo National Forest & Bureau of Land Management’s June 3 press release for the benefit of our Spanish-speaking neighbors in the Eastern Sierra, and included this life-saving information in our monthly column, “Amigos de Nuestras Tierras” (“Friends of Our Lands”), in Spanish-language weekly El Sol de la Sierra. It is on the front page of this week’s (June 9 – 15) issue. Read and download it here—or better yet, pick up a printed copy of the paper FREE in businesses throughout Inyo and Mono Counties. Help us spread the word by…
This month, take a look at our “Pine Nuts Impact Report” for 2021, meet our Trail Ambassadors and learn about volunteering opportunities coming up in June and July through our Stewardship Program, see a photo of the new truck in our fleet – a purchase made possible thanks to your generous giving – and more! Happy reading…and if you like what you read, happy sharing!
For me, Friends of the Inyo’s Dark Desert Skies Campout (May 20-22) was just as much about all we can see under Daytime Desert Skies! By Kayla Browne, Desert Lands Organizer Friends of the Inyo had a wonderful group of friends come out to learn more about dark skies and the beauty of Conglomerate Mesa and Centennial Flat over our three-day Dark Desert Skies Campout event that began with an educational evening at the Museum of Western Film History in Lone Pine. On Friday evening, May 20, we premiered “Island in the Sky,” a short film produced by Patagonia about…
Be informed: Please read the full news release about strict fire restrictions that take into account the fire danger created by dry conditions. Please comply with these restrictions from the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management, and help us spread the word.