Stories
In the July Juniper, get on the trail, volunteer with us, learn from our amazing trail ambassadors, and celebrate a public lands victory with us!
In the June Juniper, take action to protect Conglomerate Mesa from mining, celebrate some organizing wins, and sign up for some of our summer volunteer opportunities!
In the May Juniper, take action to protect Hot Creek from mining, help water protectors, and learn about some of our summer volunteer opportunities!
In the March Juniper, check out the 2025 Owens Lake Bird Festival (our 10th annual!), more opportunities to steward the land, and read about our awesome SnowSchool program.
In the February Juniper, check out a sneak peak of the 2025 Owens Lake Bird Festival (our 10th annual!), volunteer opportunities, and awesome community events. Don’t miss it!
In the January Juniper, learn about our recent trip to Conglomerate Mesa, this year’s Owens Lake Bird Festival, and opportunities to get involved. Happy New Year!
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.
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!

