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June Lake Trails Day 2023

This year's annual June Lake Trails Day will be hosted on Saturday June 24th.   WHEN: Saturday, June 24, 2023 from 8:30am to 12:30pm WHERE: Meet at the June Lake Community Center Parking Lot/June Lake Community Park. WHAT: Join us for a fun morning of maintaining popular trails and picking up trash and fishing line around the June Lake Loop. Free lunch and prize giveaways! Friends of the Inyo will provide gloves, trash bags, and tools. Bring water, sunscreen, and appropriate footwear for hiking. No charge. All ages welcome! Sign Up!

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Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito (Nature Connectivity and Credit) – A Latino Conservation Week Event!

AltaOne Federal Credit Union 462 N. Main St., Bishop, CA, United States

Many national parks now require entry fees to be paid via credit or debit card. With access to nature—a costly affair—already a challenge for Latinos, cashless access to national parks represents still another barrier for ubanked Latinos to enjoy the great outdoors. In response to this, Friends of the Inyo is hosting a FREE bilingual outreach event called “Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito” (“Nature, Connectivity and Credit”) in Bishop on July 15, as part of Latino Conservation Week. In partnership with AltaOne Federal Credit Union, Naturaleza, Conectividad y Crédito aims to help local Latinos and others apply for credit to facilitate...

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“Protect Rally” in Lone Pine Labor Day Monday, Sept. 4, 11am – 3pm, to #ProtectConglomerateMesa from Mining Threats!

Spainhower Park 430 N. Main Street, Lone Pine, CA, United States

Conglomerate Mesa needs our protection! Canadian company K2 Gold's "modified" mining proposal could impact up to 15 acres of pristine lands that are sacred to Paiute-Shoshone and Timbisha-Shoshone peoples in Southern Inyo County, and a haven for thriving Joshua Trees and other threatened plants and animals. Join us Labor Day for a "Protect Rally" at Spainhower Park in Lone Pine, as we tell K2 Gold we want them to go home! Click on the image at left to download our flier. Help us share this information with others! Want to help us make posters for the rally? Come to Friends...

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Free Online Evening Event Oct. 4: ‘Island in the Sky’ – Conglomerate Mesa Short Documentary + Panel Discussion

We invite you to join Friends of the Inyo and the Conglomerate Mesa Coalition for a FREE virtual evening presentation of Island in the Sky, a short documentary film followed by a panel discussion. This film looks at the impacts of gold mining on Conglomerate Mesa and takes a look at K2 Gold's most recent proposal. A panel discussion will follow. Our Panelists are: Kathy Jefferson Bancroft, Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe Mike Prather, Lone Pine resident. Sierra Club desert activist, Audubon Owens Lake wildlife advocate. Wendy Schneider, Executive Director, Friends of the Inyo Kris Hohag, Organizer,...

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2nd Annual Online Great Basin Water Justice Summit Nov. 2 – 3

Join Friends of the Inyo, Owens Valley Indian Water Commission, Great Basin Water Network, and Eastern Sierra Land Trust, for the 2nd Annual Online Great Basin Water Justice Summit, this November 2nd and 3rd. While the in-person summmit is by invitation only for local tribal and water activists, environmentalists, and community leaders, we are pleased to once again offer the opportunity for the general public to tune in virtually for FREE. Attend one or both days as you are able. If you are unable to connect in real time, recordings of the presentations will be made available to the public...

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EVENT IS NOW CLOSED – Dark Desert Skies at Conglomerate Mesa Spring 2024 Campout: FREE! May 17-19

Lone Pine Museum of Western Film History 701 South Main St, Lone Pine, CA, United States

ATTENTION: REGISTRATION FOR THIS SPRING EVENT IS NOW CLOSED! CHECK OUR CALENDAR LATER IN THE YEAR AS IT IS POSSIBLE WE MIGHT OFFER IT AGAIN IN THE FALL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST.  LOOKING UP AT THE SKY IS BETTER WITH FRIENDS...OF THE INYO! If the recent solar eclipse has left you with a desire to keep looking up to the heavens, how about another kind of skygazing, as in stargazing with Friends of the Inyo at our upcoming  Dark Desert Skies Campout at  Conglomerate Mesa on May 17-19? This event is free and includes an evening of films at...

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June Lake Trails Day 2024 – Patriotically on Independence Day Weekend!

june lake community center 90 W Granite Ave, June Lake, CA, United States

2024's Annual June Lake Trails Day, Saturday July 6th     WHEN: Saturday, July 6th, 2024 from 8:30am to 12:30pm   WHERE: Meet at the June Lake Community Center Parking Lot/June Lake Community Park. Here   WHAT: Join June Lake Trails Committee and Friends of the Inyo for a fun morning of maintaining popular trails and picking up trash and fishing line around the June Lake Loop.  Friends of the Inyo will provide gloves, trash bags, and tools. Bring water, sunscreen, and appropriate footwear for hiking. No charge. All ages welcome!  

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City of Bishop’s Hispanic Heritage & Latino Conservation Week Celebration

Bishop City Hall 300 W. Block of Church Street, Bishop

    The City of Bishop, California, under the leadership of our first ever Latino Mayor, The Honorable Jose Garcia, invites the local Eastern Sierra Nevada community and visitors to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and Latino Conservation Week on Saturday, September 14, from 4 to 8 p.m. in Downtown Bishop, on the 300 W. Block of Church Street, behind City Hall. This is a free and family-friendly community event. The Latino Conservation Week portion of this event will feature a resource fair with information in English and Spanish about public lands access and recreation opportunities from the following organizations: Eastern Sierra...

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