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The December Juniper is out! Friends of the Inyo’s E-Newsletter with info on Giving Tuesday, Backcountry Film Festival and More!

The December Juniper is packed with information on Giving Tuesday, the Backcountry Film Festival, recent events that FOI Staff participated in, like the Sierra Nevada Alliance Conference, the Western Mining Action Network Conference and the 30th Anniversary Celebration of the California Desert Protection Act.  

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Check out the Jam-Packed November Juniper, Friends of the Inyo’s E-Newsletter, for Volunteer Opportunities, Events, and Wild Burros!

The November Juniper is THE place for volunteer opportunities: citizen science, hiking in wilderness, and more, full of fun events, like the Backcountry Film Festival (whose excited for winter?!), and even features some seriously cute adoptable horses and burros–but you won’t know more until you check it out!  

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Trail Ambassador Stewardship Round Up: Season Finale 2024

A summary of the Trail Ambassador’s 2024 season: Intro by Stewardship Director, Lindsay Butcher I am both sad, and slightly happy, to announce the finale of the 2024 TA season. The crew worked HARD this year, but hopefully they had some time to enjoy themselves in the backcountry. We had Nature Yoga, Snake Walks, Art Walks, Edible Plant Walks, Volunteer Events, Cleanups, Camping, lots of Hiking, Campsite Monitoring, and everything in between. This season was challenging: funding was scarce, projects were logistically difficult, injuries were sustained, cars decided to break down… but it was made all the more rewarding for…

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Help Friends of the Inyo Restore the Rock Creek Boardwalk!

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…

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Trail Ambassador Stewardship Round Up: August 2024

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…

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Last Call for Summer 2024 Naturalist Programs! Check out Friends of the Inyo’s Juniper E-Newsletter for Interpretive Hikes and Volunteer Days

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.    

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Summer Slipping Through Your Fingers? Check out Friends of the Inyo’s Juniper E-Newsletter for That Last-of-Summer-Fun!

The August Juniper is full of opportunities to get on the land, get moving, volunteer, learn, or just have fun with Friends… of the Inyo! From strolling and sketching, to yoga and picnics, to learning about snakes, to creating cyanotypes using elements from nature, to learning about the geological forces that created the Sierra Nevada, to helping clean up and restore the Eastern Sierra’s beautiful lands and waters—Friends of the Inyo offers a variety of engagement opportunities for everyone.  

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Trail Ambassador Stewardship Round Up: July 2024

A summary of the Trail Ambassador season thus far: Intro by Stewardship Director, Lindsay Butcher How are we already almost to August?! This season has whipped past, blink and you’ll miss it. The TAs have been out on trails since mid June getting the good work done and we have a stellar crew this year spanning from Lone Pine to Bridgeport. They have already hosted a handfull of volunteer events but if you want to get out and get your hands dirty alongside our TAs we have ample volunteer events coming down the pike: Golden Trout Backcountry Work Week, Rock…