
POLICY Engagement Letters
Federal land management agencies work to implement projects on lands they manage on an ongoing basis. It is important that the public take a close look at such projects and make sure they undergo proper environmental review, adverse impacts to natural resources are considered, and when appropriate, projects are redesigned and/or mitigation measures are implemented.
Land management agencies often seek to do the right things but need the public’s help to guide them. Without public engagement and comments to the agencies, public lands can succumb to unsustainable recreational use, industrial development, and misguided management. It is our responsibility to make sure our shared public lands are protected for generations to come.
We track public lands projects, known as Proposed Actions, across public lands in Inyo and Mono Counties. This includes both small actions as well as landscape level decisions. Our policy team tracks notices from the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, National Park Service and county governments.
You can view our engagement letters and applicable project files from the past by clicking on the links below.
Conglomerate Mesa
Conglomerate Mesa Coalition Comment Letter
Conglomerate Exposure Report
Finding of No Significant Impact Record of Decision
Conglomerate Mesa Environmental Assessment Oct 2017
Record of Decision Appendices Figures
Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan
DRECP BLM LUPA Record of Decision
Inyo County DRECP Comment Letter
DRECP Comment Letter 2016
DRECP BLM LUPA
Public Land Projects
Bi-State Sage Grouse comments June 2019
FOI Owens Lake Management Plan NOP Comments
FOI West-wide Energy Corridor Comments
FOI Renewable Energy General Plan Amendment PEIR Comments
Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Mono County
Bureau of Land Management
Alabama Hills
Alabama Hills Management Plan Scoping Comments 2019
National Monuments
Sand to Snow National Monument
San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
Mojave Trails National Monument
Giant Sequoia National Monument
Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
Carrizo Plain National Monument
CA Monuments Mono County
Berryessa National Monument
West Mojave Route Network Project
WEMO DSEIS Comments 2018
WEMO Public Meeting Talking Points
Devils Postpile National Monument
DEPO Fire Management 2018 EA comments
DEPO Fire Management 2018 Scoping Comments
DEPO General Management Plan Public Comments
Death Valley National Park
Saline Warm Springs Comments July 2018
Death Valley Rogers Peak Comments 2017
FOI OHV Grant Comments March 2017
Death Vally Stewardship Plan Comments 2012
United States Forest Service
NEPA Rule Making Aug 2019
NEPA Prescoping Comments
Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
Bridgeport Southwest Rangeland Project Aug 2019
Bridgeport Southwest Rangeland Project June 2018
Inyo National Forest
Lakes Basin and Sherwins Area Trail Enhancement Project Comment Letter
INF Woolly’s MMSA Comment Letter 2020
Inyo County Roads Project Comment Letter 2019
Prescoping Over-snow Vehicle Use Comment Letter
ROL_Reds Meadow Scoping 2018
Mammoth LandEx DEIS 2017
Reds Meadow_EA_2017
R5 trails 2017
Robbie Hoyt Mine 2017
Invasive Plant Management Proposed Action EA_2016
Jeffrey Pine Forest Health&Restoration 2016
Parker Bench_Sage Grouse Enhancement project 2016
Travel Analysis Process 2015
NZ_motorized routes modifications_2012
Forest Planning
Objections to INFP Revision 2018
DEIS Comments 2016
FOI Scoping Comments
Attachment A – ROS Plan Components
Attachment B – ROS Setting Characteristics
FOI Comments Desired Conditions & Wilderness Inventory
Need to Change FOI Comments 2014
INF Assessment Topic Papers FOI Comments 2013
Inyo National Forest Scoping Comments
Mono County
Mono County Legislative Platform 2018
Haiwee Geothermal
Haiwee Supplemental Draft EIS and Draft Plan Amendment
Haiwee Draft SEIS Comment Letter
FERC Applicaton Comment Nov 2019
Keep Long Valley Green
LADWP Comment Letter June 2018
Panamint Valley
Lithium Project Record of Decision
Hains Tech Report for Lithium Project
Death Valley National Park Comments to BLM on Lithium
Panamint Lithium EA
PV Lithium Comment Letter
California Wildlife
List Jushua tree under California Endangered Species Act
Stop rodenticide poisoning in California
Tribal Sovereignty
Updates
Action Alert: Whitebark Pine listing under Endangered Species Act Submit your comments to encourage USFWS to list the whitebark pine and include the proposed critical habitat. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is considering listing the whitebark pine (Pinus albicaulis) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and has opened a 60-day public comment period which closes on February 1, 2021. The whitebark pine is an iconic conifer species of the Eastern Sierra occurring at high-elevation sites, generally between 9,000 and 12,100 feet. It is a special status species for the Inyo National Forest and there…
Protect Wildlife and Stop the Use of Harmful Rodenticides Friends of the Inyo joined with many other environmental groups in sending letters encouraging Governor Newsom (CA) to protect mountain lions, raptors, and other animals from being poisoned. 2014 California banned the sale of second generation anticoagulant rodenticides to consumers. Poisoning of mountain lions, raptors, and other apex predators continues as documented by the Department of Fish and Wildlife. AB 1788 was introduced by California State Assembly member Richard Bloom to place a moratorium on the use of these poisons by licensed applicators until review is completed by state agencies. The…
Friends of the Inyo has long enjoyed serving and recreating in the Alabama Hills. We have seen this area drastically change over the years and are excited about the opportunity that this plan presents for the Alabama Hills. With this plan, we all have the opportunity to promote the long term conservation of this area as a unit in the National Conservation Lands system. We sincerely thank the Bishop BLM for the opportunity to comment on DOI-BLM-CA-C070-2020-0001-EA. Read more…