by News Staff | Jun 24, 2008 | Past Posts
With smoke from multiple fires filling the Eastern Sierra, our usual views of the mountains have been completely obscured. Yet despite the visibly obvious smoke in the air, Great Basin Air Pollution Control reports that the smoke has yet to trigger a state issued...
by News Staff | Jun 24, 2008 | Past Posts
The Clover Fire burning in the Southern Sierra southwest of Olancha, continues to send smoke into the Eastern Sierra. Winds over the weekend pushed the wildfire over the crest of the Sierra onto the east side. More updated mapping, plus the fire growth over the...
by News Staff | Jun 23, 2008 | Past Posts
Smoke from wildfires, both old and new continues to drift into the Eastern Sierra. Over the weekend lightning storms ignited hundreds of fires across much of California, from the Coast Range to the Sierra foothills. One series of fires, the Merced, Mariposa, Merced...
by News Staff | Jun 23, 2008 | Past Posts
After what was described as community support at a packed public meeting in Lee Vinning, Inyo County has scheduled two public meetings to discuss the Eastern Sierra San Gabriel Wild Heritage act that proposes 430,000 of wilderness in Inyo and Mono County. Of those...
by News Staff | Jun 23, 2008 | Past Posts
Already, thousands of acres of California are burning. As a result, over the week-end, the southern regional head of Cal Fire declared major fire restrictions. Candace Gregory, Southern Region Chief of Cal Fire, issued a proclamation suspending burning permits and...
