FOREST SERVICE PRESS RELEASE: BISHOP, Calif., May 10, 2013 – The Inyo National Forest announces a special opportunity for personal use fuelwood collection in the Mammoth Lakes Basin on the weekend of May 17-19, 2013. The area will open for fuelwood collection at 8:00 a.m. on these three days. All firewood collection activities must be [...]
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Another public lands issue
One local man, following our stories on Bureau of Land Management policing of old bottle collection, called Sierra Wave Media to say a bigger problem is current trash left out on public lands. Roger Rilling of Mammoth Lakes pointed to the informal shooting range behind the Geothermal Plant. He called it a real problem because [...]
June Lake people get tough with Mammoth Mountain
Citizens of June Lake, devastated by the closure of June Mountain last summer, have grabbed for what might seem like their only piece of leverage – Mammoth Mountain’s land trade at the Main Lodge, in the works for a number of years. Residents have sent strong letters to the Forest Service that essentially call for [...]
Forest PIO responds to concerns about closed roads
With more Forest Service meetings on roads lately, members of the public have reported concerns about more road closures. Marty Hornick, Acting Public Affairs Officer for the Forest Service, assured that the recent two meetings on roads were not about more closures but about restoring already closed roads to a natural state. Sierra Wave Media [...]
Routes go back to nature
The Forest Service says they will start three separate projects designed to return old roads that are not part of a designated system back into natural forest land. The meetings will take place Tuesday, February 12th in Bishop and Wednesday, February 20th in Mammoth Lakes. According to a Forest Service press release, the proposed projects [...]
USFS and MMSA agree on operations this winter at June Mountain
In November, Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory stated that his plans, as recorded in a report to the Forest Service, are to re-open June Mountain next season. There is nothing new on that statement, but the Forest Service did issue a press release to say that they and Mammoth Mountain have finalized an operating plan [...]
Continued work to bring back June Mountain
A couple of weeks ago, Mammoth Mountain CEO Rusty Gregory stated that his plans, as recorded in a report to the Forest Service, are to re-open June Mountain next year. Even so, some in June Lake continue to “aggressively look for a buyer for the Mountain.” This, according to Mono Supervisor-Elect Tim Alpers. The Forest [...]
Contrails or chemtrails?
Some residents of the Bishop area have lately complained about jet airplane contrails in the sky and the belief that chemical products or some type of haze may hang in the Eastern Sierra skies as a result. The Air Pollution Control District looked into it. Andrea Pucci of Bishop contacted APCD Director Ted Schade to [...]
Reds Meadow Road closed, tree removal continues
Reds Meadow Road and Area Closure (Press Release) BISHOP, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 - The Reds Meadow Road is now closed for the season due to the amount of snow received in the most recent storm. Logging operations remain in progress, removing down trees from the wind event of last November 30. Due to the tree removal operations [...]
Forest Service checks Sierra for lightning fire
The so-called Monsoon season has pushed in thunder clouds, lightning and a bit of rain in the Eastern Sierra. The Forest Service has sent planes and helicopters out and about to look for fire. They found some but not a lot at last report. According to Nancy Upham, Public Information Officer for the Inyo National [...]
The Forest Service expects a meeting and a process over June Mountain
Still shook up over news that June Mountain has closed, people in the community and throughout the area wonder what comes next. The full meaning of that move is still unfolding for locals and for the Forest Service that holds the permit on June Mountain. When asked how the Forest Service will respond, Public Information [...]
Bear conundrum
With bear season in Mammoth Lakes comes the same old issue. Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles still can’t use non-lethal weapons to manage problem bears on Forest Service land. Mammoth Police Chief Dan Watson said he has tried to get Forest Service permission for Searles’ specialized work, but things, he said, “are at a stalemate.” Chief [...]
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