by News Staff | Apr 28, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities, Sierra Wave Videos
– Mono County press release Although mice carry the hantavirus all year, this is the start of the season when humans typically begin activities that put them at risk of being exposed to the hantavirus. Spring cleaning activities, such as opening up closed...
by News Staff | Apr 28, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Press release The Inyo National Forest announces that the opening of personal use fuelwood season starts Friday, May 1st. Fuelwood permits will soon go on sale at local U.S. Forest Service Ranger Stations and Visitor Centers beginning Wednesday, April 29th....
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2015 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Press release Mono County and Town of Mammoth Lakes, CA – A successful Town of Mammoth Lakes ‘Woodstove Replacement Program’ comes to an end after replacing almost 150 older wood-burning systems, resulting in the annual reduction of thousands of pounds...
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Southern Owens Valley Solar Ranch is lying in an induced-coma for the next decade, or so. While the 200-megawatt solar project east of Manzanar was removed from the Priority Queue List March 15, the...
by News Staff | Apr 27, 2015 | General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
By Deb Murphy The numbers tell the story. The listing of Owens Valley water uses indicates a reduction across the board, but none as draconian as the 66-percent reduction in irrigation water provided to area agriculture, down from 49,000 acre-feet in a typical year to...