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We thought it proper to end the launch year of Every Last Drop with an article that has received much attention. It was written by Richard M. Frank, Professor of Environmental Practice and Director of the California Environmental Law & Policy Center at the U.C. Davis School of Law, and looks at how LADWP’s unilateral revocation of water allocation to Mono County’s farmers and ranchers triggered a California Environmental Quality Act challenge in the courts. It was published as a letter to the editor in the Mammoth Times at the end of November.
Well, together we have gotten through another year of a worldwide pandemic, global warming, wildfires, drought, inflation and many other challenges…but many opportunities as well, including a brand-new job opening to help further the work of the Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership, of which FOI is a leading member. Yes, Friends of the Inyo is growing: Consider joining our team! Or just read about all our goings on in this issue of The Juniper E-Newsletter.
Read about a Paiute Tribal Member’s perspective on water as a cultural resource that must be safeguarded and restored in Payahuunadu, “the land of flowing waters.”
You Have Until Midnight to Give to #FriendsoftheInyo this #GivingTuesday! In case you missed Friends of the Inyo Communications Director Lou Medina’s interview with KMMT host John DeMaria this Giving Tuesday morning, Nov. 30, click on the audio file link in this blog post to listen to the recording. You will learn a little bit of the history of Giving Tuesday, why it’s important, how it benefits both nonprofits AND donors, why Friends of the Inyo participates, what some of our organization’s greatest needs are at the moment, how to give, and more! Have a listen, then go to the…
Giving Tuesday provides a great opportunity to give to the protection and care of public lands in the Eastern Sierra through Friends of the Inyo. This blogpost will tell you how. And you don’t have to wait till Nov. 30 to give!
Read how the people of Los Angeles are achieving targeted water savings a decade and a half ahead of schedule thanks to successful conservation efforts spearheaded by the L.A. Department of Water & Power. Well, if there are water savings to be enjoyed, should we not also enjoy these “conservation dividends” here in the Eastern Sierra, where a lot of L.A.’s water comes from, in the way of less extraction of our water? Our current piece considers this question. Happy reading…And if you like what you read, happy sharing!
Mammoth Lakes area activists are organizing a peaceful protest this Saturday, Nov. 20, from Noon to 3 p.m. A Facebook page that provides details has been set up and you can access it from this blog post. “The goal of this protest is to bring awareness to community members in Mammoth Lakes and the Eastern Sierra about KORE Mining’s intentions to implement an open pit gold mine” in Long Valley, the protest Facebook page says. “We are encouraging folks to make signs and banners in preparation for the event.” Friends of the Inyo supports this peaceful protest.
Please share with your Spanish-speaking friends and their children in grades 5 – 12 about a great opportunity for junior photographers to detail, in pictures, how climate change has impacted their lives and their environment. Details about this student photo contest from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are in our Spanish-language article. The deadline is Dec. 3.
The Inyo National Forest announces that work on the Long Valley Exploration Drilling Project is expected to begin in two weeks. The forest has received notification from the project proponent, KORE Mining, Ltd of their intent to begin exploratory drilling as early as Tuesday, November 30, 2021. Previously, work was expected to begin as early as Tuesday, November 16, 2021.
Contest is open to students in 5th through 12th grades By Louis Medina, FOI Communications Director The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is organizing a photo contest for students in grades five through twelve to improve understanding of how climate change is affecting the western United States. The theme of the contest is “Picture Climate Change” and the new deadline for submitting photos online is December 3 (the original deadline was November 15). NOAA, whose mission is to understand and predict changes in climate, weather, oceans and coasts, share that knowledge and information with others, and conserve and manage…
FOI’s front-page column in this week’s issue of El Sol de la Sierra focuses on indigenous methods of cooking using heated stones by native peoples in North and South America, and Hawaii. Read it online on our blog or pick up a FREE copy in businesses throughout the Eastern Sierra. Please share this news with your Spanish-speaking friends and neighbors.
November, the month to give thanks for so many things, is here. Throughout the month, we celebrate our nation’s Native American Heritage, Dia de los Muertos, Veterans Day, early snows and the advent of the winter sports wonderland our corner of the world, Payahuunadu (the Eastern Sierra), is destined to become in the months ahead. At Friends of the Inyo, we are thankful for YOU, our supporters, followers, sponsors, grantors, volunteers and friends. Have a read of all we have going on in November in this Issue of our Juniper E-Newsletter! Happy reading—and if you like what you read, happy…