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Eastern Sierra News for December 29, 2025

 

 

 

 

Fish and Game Hatchery Lawsuits Pile On

As a result of a lawsuit filed by Stanford Law Students and the Center for Biological Diversity, Fish and Game had to run the entire state fish hatchery program through the California Environmental Quality Act process. Now, as a new round of legal wrangling begins,...

Progress on Bishop Chicken Ordinance

The Bishop chicken controversy took a step toward resolution Monday night as the City Council asked staff to write up an ordinance that could possibly allow people to have six chickens in backyard coops. Assistant City Administrator/Community Services Director Keith...

Mammoth Utility Users Tax Up in Air

As the March 12 deadline for putting items on the June 8 ballot looms closer, the Mammoth Lakes Town Council is still reviewing the extension of the Utility Users Tax, or UUT, which sunsets in June 2011. At their Feb. 17 meeting, Council approved introduction of an...