There is a lot happening in the world of Eastern Sierra conservation this month, but if you don’t read the February issue of Friends of the Inyo’s Juniper E-Newsletter, you’ll never know! Happy reading…and if you like what you read, happy sharing!
Spanish Media/Outreach
“Reframing Community-Based Conservation: Public lands advocacy in a changing cultural landscape” is the name of a recently published extensive report commissioned by Conservation Lands Foundation with a goal “to investigate the ways in which western communities are changing, the impacts that these changes may have on land management priorities, and how local conservation organizations can adapt to continue to fulfill their missions.” Friends of the Inyo is one of just five organizations featured in the report from among CLF’s extensive Friends Grassroots Network. “We chose FOI as a case study because of the steady increase of the Hispanic population in…
Besides our new and exciting “Friendsraising” Campaign, learn about our staff changes in the New Year, find out about how you can help us carry out snow surveys while you’re out enjoying the snow in the Inyo National Forest (this is an exciting year for it!), read our new Desert Lands Organizer Jaime Lopez Wolter’s first contribution to our Spanish-language column in El Sol de la Sierra, and more! Happy reading…and if you like what you read, Happy Sharing!
Friends of the Inyo is spreading local community goodwill and cheer leading up to the Holidays by partnering with Spanish weekly El Sol de la Sierra and English weekly The Sierra Reader. In both papers’ Dec. 22-28 edition, you will find FOI’s Lou Medina’s contributed column “Amigos the Nuestras Tierras” (“Friends of Our Lands”): on the cover of El Sol and on page 11 of The Reader. Read all about Bishop Senior Center’s hot meals and home-delivered meals program, plus the many other services the center offers to Inyo County seniors. Happy reading…and if you like what you read, happy…
Our latest issue of The Juniper features an update on our recent lobbying trip to Washington, D.C.; a reminder to reverently observe Native American Heritage Month; a “Thank you!” to all who supported our fundraising appeal to help #ProtectConglomerateMesa; news about wildfire awareness events happening this week in Bishop and Mammoth; information on how to give back through stewardship with Friends of the Inyo at the American Alpine Club’s Bishop Craggin’ Classic on Nov. 13; the latest news from the Keep Long Valley Green Coalition; and more! Happy reading….and if you like what you read, happy sharing!
In this week’s (Oct 27 – Nov 2) issue of El Sol de la Sierra, our local Spanish-language weekly here in the Eastern Sierra, readers will find two news items of interest: 1) On the front page, our contributed column “Amigos de Nuestras Tierras” (“Friends of Our Lands”) aims to raise awareness about two public scoping meetings Nov. 2 & 3, about the “Mammoth Donut Project” designed to build fire resiliency around the town of Mammoth Lakes; and 2) On page 4, information about a Nov. 3 immigration clinic in Bishop hosted by Catholic Charities at Our Lady of Perpetual…
HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, Sept. 15 – Oct. 15! During this monthlong period, Friends of the Inyo is sharing social media and blog posts about Hispanics who have made significant contributions to conservation and environmental justice. Juan Rosas is a community activist based in the Inland Empire and is involved in many coalitions working to protect and improve access to public lands. Rosas has more than 15 years of experience as a founder and a director of several nonprofits in Southern California. Moved by his deep convictions that every person should have access to housing, food, healthcare, education, and recreational spaces,…
HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, Sept. 15 – Oct. 15! During this monthlong period, Friends of the Inyo will share social media and blog posts about Hispanics who have made significant contributions to conservation and environmental justice. Presidential Medal of Honor recipient Dolores Huerta is best known for promoting farmworker rights. But we should also recognize her as a true environmental hero. Her dedicated activism challenged what had been largely unregulated pesticide use and promoted better land management practices. Her efforts, along with UFW (United Farm Workers) co-founder Cesar Chavez, unquestionably improved the lives of farmworkers; but she also enhanced wildlife habitats and…
HAPPY HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH, Sept. 15 – Oct. 15! During this monthlong period, Friends of the Inyo will share social media and blog posts about Hispanics who have made significant contributions to conservation and environmental justice. Puerto Rican-born award-winning journalist Juan González is the co-host of independent news show Democracy Now!, which was years ahead of mainstream media in highlighting, through sensitive and extensive reporting, the ravages of climate change on U.S. communities of color (e.g., Hurricanes Katrina in New Orleans in 2005, and Maria in Puerto Rico in 2017, as well as in developing nations–this year’s destructive flooding in…
How is the collection of crab and shrimp traps that have come loose in the Salish Sea off the coast of Washington related to Friends of the Inyo’s work in California’s Eastern Sierra? If you don’t read the latest issue of The Juniper, you’ll never know. Happy reading…And if you like what you read, happy sharing!