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Join Friends of the Inyo and the Inyo National Forest for a backcountry volunteer trip in the White Mountains from July 23rd – 27th, 2026! THIS TRIP IS NOW FULL. Please email izzy@friendsoftheinyo.org with “Whitney Fence Removal Project” in the subject to join the waitlist. The mission! This may be the most physically challenging stewardship trip yet! Volunteers will hike 15 miles deep into the beautiful and remote Golden Trout Wilderness and spend 3 nights camped along Golden Trout Creek, home of the California state fish: the Golden Trout. Volunteers will work for two and a half days on dismantling and removing…
Join Friends of the Inyo and the Inyo National Forest for a backcountry volunteer trip in the White Mountains from September 4-7, 2026! The mission! Volunteers will spend three days helping restore a degraded meadow by constructing low-tech restoration structures in small stream channels. This will consist of hauling rocks, cutting and moving logs and shoveling dirt in a mountain meadow and constructing small structures such as rock dams, beaver dam analogs, and bank reinforcements within a stream channel. This work will help revitalize meadows in the remote White Mountains, a key source of water and forage for deer, antelope,…
Join Friends of the Inyo and the Inyo National Forest for a backcountry volunteer trip in the White Mountains from June 19 – 21, 2026 THIS TRIP IS NOW FULL. Please email izzy@friendsoftheinyo.org with “White Mountain fence removal” in the subject to join the waitlist. The mission! Volunteers will spend 2 nights camped along upper Cottonwood Creek in the White Mountains. Cottonwood Creek is a federally designated Wild and Scenic River, home of a nursery population of the Paiute cutthroat trout, a fish listed as Threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Volunteers will work for two full days on dismantling…
Join us in Rovana for a morning of restoration and stewardship, followed by a delicious meal prepared by Kelly Kate Warren. Kelly Kate is a backcountry cook and wilderness guide with years of experience cooking meals for groups in the backcountry. THIS PROJECT IS NOW FULL. IF YOU’D LIKE TO BE ADDED TO THE WAITLIST, EMAIL IZZY@FRIENDSOFTHEINYO.ORG 📅 Date: Sunday, March 22nd, 2026 ⌚ Time: 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM 📍 Meeting Location: The group will meet in the South East corner of Pine Creek Village (Rovana). 37.412414, -118.613738 🎒 What to Bring: Closed-toe shoes, water, snacks, and sun protection…
Join Friends of the Inyo’s Water Empowerment Organizers for a virtual workshop series about water management in Payahuunadü! As part of the Revealing Payahuundü series, over five sessions, we will break down and cover the Inyo-LA Long Term Water Agreement and other governing documents that determine how water is managed in Payahuunadü. Come learn with us every other week on Thursday evenings starting in mid-February in 2026. Register here! web.charityengine.net/waterworkshops26 Location: Virtual Zoom Meeting. Link emailed after registration. Schedule 6:00-7:00 PM – Presentation on Topics, Q&A 7:00-7:30 PM – Optional discussion Calendar February 19: Introduction & Background to The Inyo-LA…
Mammoth 5th graders will be at Cardinal Village on March 11, 12, and 13 for this year’s SnowSchool! SnowSchool is an outdoor education experience that gets kids to have fun outside and be curious about their natural environment. We’re still looking for volunteers! Sign up to volunteer here! What will volunteers be doing? Co-leading activity stations for up to 10 students at a time and helping with site setup and breakdown. Volunteers are needed from 8:45 – 1:30 (students arrive at 9:00 and depart at 1:00). Who should volunteer? Anyone who enjoys being outside and working with kids. Volunteers do…
Mammoth 5th graders will be at the Mammoth Welcome Center on March 2nd and 6th for this year’s SnowSchool! SnowSchool is an outdoor education experience that gets kids to have fun outside and be curious about their natural environment. We’re still looking for volunteers! Sign up to volunteer here! What will volunteers be doing? Co-leading activity stations for up to 10 students at a time and helping with site setup and breakdown. Volunteers are needed from 8:45 – 1:30 (students arrive at 9:00 and depart at 1:00). Who should volunteer? Anyone who enjoys being outside and working with kids. Volunteers…
This project is now full! If you’d like to be added to the waitlist in case of volunteer cancellations, please email izzy@friendsoftheinyo.org. Join us for the BLM’s largest planting project and the keystone Alabama Hills restoration project of 2026! The BLM has 115 plants to put in the ground and we need your help to plant them! The Alabama Hills Stewardship Group has generously offered to water the plants after they’re planted, helping them thrive and act as natural seed catches for a flourishing desert ecosystem. We’ll also be raking out tracks and delineating some areas with rocks. 📅 Date:…