Friends of the Inyo is hosting the 24/25 Backcountry Film Festival in Bishop December 14th! Join us for a night full of winter inspired stories curated by the Winter Wildlands Alliance. The 20th annual film lineup will screen short films about: athletic pursuit in the mountains, artistic vision, friendship, and how the snowsports community is adapting to change. Proceeds go to SnowSchool: an outdoor education program offered to local elementary schools. Tickets sales coming soon When: Saturday, December 14th @ the Bishop Twin Theater. Doors open at 6:00pm. Films start by 7pm. Hosted By Friends of the Inyo Thursday, December…
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Alabama Gates 2024 is a weekend of FREE community events in Lone Pine, California, November 15 – 17, 2024, commemorating the centennial of the Alabama Gates Occupation. This significant historical event occurred when the people of Owens Valley non-violently seized the Los Angeles Aqueduct’s control gates just north of Lone Pine on November 16, 1924, diverting the entire flow of the aqueduct into the historic Owens River channel in protest of the City of Los Angeles’ aggressive land acquisition and water harvesting activities within the valley that began with the construction of the Los Angeles Aqueduct in 1913. The 1924…
LADWP is trying to avoid public and environmental scrutiny for new, deeper wells in Owens Valley by claiming they are “replacement” wells under the 1991 Environmental Impact Review. We need to push back hard against these efforts to increase extraction without any environmental analysis and write to LADWP to tell them they cannot skirt the California Evironmental Quality Act for this new strategy of deep aquifer groundwater pumping.
It will be a serious Sunday stewardship day this coming Oct. 6th, for anyone who cares to join the Keep Long Valley Green Coalition and Friends of the Inyo for a highway cleanup from 10 AM to 1 PM. In order to have our beautiful Keep Long Valley Green sign on US 395 by Crowley Lake, we have to clean up the area twice a year. Therefore, before the snow flies, (or at least before it sticks) join us for a volunteer trash cleanup. It’s a to great way to give back! Tools, safety gear, and coffee/donuts will be provided….
We have a special request for our Friends: We need YOUR help to restore the Rock Creek boardwalk! We are restoring a section of boardwalk on the Upper Rock Creek Trail in the Inyo National Forest and we need to raise $15,000 to tackle the remaining sections of the Upper Rock Creek Trail that were damaged and left in a dangerous condition by runoff in recent years. In August 2024, Friends of the Inyo finished a new section of boardwalk on the Upper Rock Creek Lake trail. It took 13 people ALL day on August 10th to dismantle the old…
Join Friends of the Inyo, Earthworks, and Community Environmental Advocates, for a virtual Mining Threats in the Sierra Nevada webinar, hosted by the Sierra Nevada Alliance. California and specifically the Sierra Nevada region is both an old and new extractive frontier, with hotspots of environmental injustice. Abandoned gold rush era mines have left a toxic legacy that continues to impact communities and ecosystems. Recently, high gold prices have sparked renewed interest in exploration for open pit mines, threatening biologically diverse and sacred landscapes from the Sierras to the desert. Meanwhile, rising demand for electric vehicles is driving a “white gold…
The City of Bishop, California, under the leadership of our first ever Latino Mayor, The Honorable Jose Garcia, invites the local Eastern Sierra Nevada community and visitors to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino Conservation Week on Saturday, September 14, from 4 to 8 p.m. in Downtown Bishop, on the 300 W. Block of Church Street, behind City Hall. This is a free and family-friendly community event. The Latino Conservation Week portion of this event will feature a resource fair with information in English and Spanish about public lands access and recreation opportunities from the following organizations: Eastern Sierra…
A summary of the Trail Ambassador’s season thus far (time is flying!): Intro by Stewardship Director, Lindsay Butcher I said it before, and I’ll say it again: This season has zipped past, blink and you’ll miss it! The TAs are still out on trails clearing downed trees, collecting water quality data, educating visitors on LNT, picking up after folks who leave trash behind 🙁 and leading the last of thier interpretive hikes in September. Most of our Volunteer events have already happened: so far we’ve- installed a new section of the Rock Creek Boardwalk, deconstruted obsolete grazing fencing in the…
The September Juniper is your LAST CHANCE for all things summer stewardship season fun with Friends… of the Inyo! That cool autumn breeze has arrived, and it is the perfect time to get out on the trail on one of our interpretive hikes or volunteer in honor of California Biodiversity Week & National Public Lands Day! From art and yoga, to learning about snakes, foraging, or the geological forces that created the Sierra Nevada and beyond—don’t miss these opportunities, and the wonderful people who lead them, before we say goodbye to our 2024 season of summer naturalist programs.
Come join White Mountain District Trail Ambassador, Jean on a hike up East Fork of Rock Creek where you’ll learn about, and potentially find some medicinal-edible flora. Where: Parking at the East Fork TH Day use loop. (Rock Creek Sno-Park) 37.492762, -118.717218. See map below When: Meet at 9 a.m. Saturday, August 3rd and August 31st FUll What: Learn about conscious foraging of plants, their edible and medicinal properties and sustainable practices to preserve our wild kingdom. Logistics: Our hike will begin at just over 8,000ft above sea level. We will walk for 1.5 miles and gain 500 feet in…