LOOKING UP AT THE SKY IS BETTER WITH FRIENDS…OF THE INYO! If the recent solar eclipse has left you with a desire to keep looking up to the heavens, how about another kind of skygazing, as in stargazing with Friends of the Inyo at our upcoming Dark Desert Skies Campout at Conglomerate Mesa on May 17-19? This event is free and includes an evening of films at the Museum of Western Film History in Lone Pine (5/17); a hike to Conglomerate Mesa and overnight camping on Centennial Flat (5/18); plus an easy morning hike on Centennial Flat (5/19). Please click…
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To qualify for citizenship, naturalized U.S. citizens must have resided legally in the country for a minimum of five years, paid taxes, kept a clean police record, passed an English language and U.S. history test, and paid fees of up to $760. Let’s welcome them as New Americans with an America the Beautiful Park Pass!
Buy your tickets TODAY for the Owens Lake Bird Festival (April 19-21) in Lone Pine by going to the Events page of our website. Want more information, tune in Friday, April 5, at 9:15 a.m. to KMMT FM Mammoth Radio, at 106.5 in Mammoth Lakes, 104.9 in Bishop, 105.5 in Big Pine and south, and 107.7 in June Lake and north, or online at mammothfm.com, for an interview by host John De Maria of FOI’s Forest & Water Campaign Manager, Allison Weber. Listen to our 30-second radio spot here:
Pat yourself on the back, take a bow! Accept Friends of the Inyo’s humble acknowledgment of you as a “Friend of the Earth,” as we head into Earth Month (April) and Earth Day (4/22)! Get plenty of ideas on what you can do to help our planet by engaging in activities close to home (and even online!) this #EarthMonth, by reading the April issue of The Juniper E-newsletter from Friends of the Inyo. Happy reading…and if you like what you read, happy sharing!
Friends of the Inyo’s 2024 Owens Lake Bird Festival, with generous funding support from the County of Inyo and AltaOne Federal Credit Union, returns April 19-21, with birding tours on and off the famous Owens Lake (which continues to have much water in it–and migrating birds, of course!), as well as photography, advocacy, botany, geology, hydrology and mining history tours. Get your tickets today! CLICK HERE OR ON THE IMAGE TO GET YOUR TOUR AND MEAL TICKETS BEFORE THEY SELL OUT! Scroll down to see venue and other details.
If you thought you missed Friends of the Inyo’s guest appearance on today’s (3/8) Arts, Culture & Entertainment (ACE) Show on KMMT FM, you didn’t! Listen to a recording of Executive Director Wendy Schneider and Water Justice Organizer Lauren Kelly discuss our upcoming work with show host John DeMaria. Happy listening…and if you like what you hear, happy sharing!
The buzz of spring begins in March. Get the buzz on Eastern Sierra protection by reading the March issue of Friends of the Inyo’s E-newsletter, The Juniper! Happy reading…Happy sharing!
There are lots of community engagement opportunities to be found in the Eastern Sierra. Let’s take advantage of them! We love this place, after all, and especially in February, “The Month of Love,” our community engagement can be our “Valentine’s Day Gift” to this incomparable region we are fortunate enough to call home. Get plenty of ideas on how to get involved in the Feburary issue of Friends of the Inyo’s Newsletter, The Juniper! Happy reading…And if you like what you read, happy sharing!
Tickets are just $25 at Friendsoftheinyo.org/Events. Proceeds help fund SnowSchool for local Inyo and Mono County 5th graders!
If you think you missed KMMT-FM’s John DeMaria’s interview with Friends of the Inyo’s Stewardship Director Lindsay Butcher last Friday (Jan. 19), you didn’t! Listen to a recording of it here to learn about the Backcountry Film Festival, which Friends of the Inyo is hosting on Friday, Jan. 26, in Bishop, and Saturday, Jan. 27, in Mammoth Lakes. Tickets are just $25 at FriendsoftheInyo.org/Events, and proceeds help fund this year’s SnowSchool, FREE to local 5th Graders. Happy listening…And if you like what you hear, happy sharing!