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Blake Jones Trout Derby Set for March 11, 2023 – Registration is Now Open

The 2023 Blake Jones Trout Derby is set for Saturday, March 11 th in Bishop, California. Since 1968, the event has been a favorite Eastern Sierra tradition. Last year, nearly 400 registered participants weighed in more than 500 fish. The largest was 5 pounds and most were in the 1-pound range. Lucky winners took home […]

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Press Release from Mammoth Lakes Tourism: BE PATIENT. BE CONSIDERATE. BE KIND. WE NEED YOUR HELP!

  BE PATIENT. BE CONSIDERATE. BE KIND. WE NEED YOUR HELP! Mother Nature has bestowed 6-7.5 feet of snow upon us in the past week. We are excited to welcome everyone to town for the holiday weekend, but please note that this will be a different type of vacation and we need you to pay attention. […]

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Tecopa Resident Runs into Opposition For Tours of Amagosa Area, OHV Use – Revised Story

  Cynthia Kienitz’s explanation for her attraction to the Amagosa Basin probably rang true to many Inyo residents. An interior designer, she moved from Chicago to Las Vegas and then settled in Tecopa. Her reaction to Amagosa: “I thought I went to heaven.” Kienitz was before the Inyo Board of Supervisors asking that segments, totaling […]

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LA KINGS ANNOUNCE HISTORIC NEW ICE RINK PARTNERSHIP IN MAMMOTH LAKES

The New “LA Kings Ice at Mammoth Lakes” Will be Located Within the Town’s Brand-New Community Recreation Center and is Set to Open to the Public in 2023 LOS ANGELES – December 7, 2022 – The Town of Mammoth Lakes, Mammoth Lakes Tourism (MLT), and Mammoth Lakes Recreation have launched an historic new, community-driven partnership […]

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Mammoth Lakes Wins 2022 USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award for “Best Ski Town”

Mammoth Lakes, Calif. (December 2, 2022) — Mammoth Lakes, California has won the honor of “Best Ski Town” in North America in the 2022 USA Today 10Best Readers’ Choice Travel Award Contest. Mammoth Lakes is home to Mammoth Mountain and surrounded by the Eastern Sierra wilderness that Ansel Adams made famous. With a long history […]

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On The Bodie Hills: Protecting Bodie Hills and the 30×30 Initiative

Join Desert Survivors and the Sierra Club Range of Light Group, and featured Bodie Hills expert Nora Hogg, for this virtual presentation on how and why protecting the Bodie Hills can help fulfill state, national, and global 30×30 goals. The Bodie Hills lie between the Sierra Nevada and the Great Basin Desert on the California/Nevada […]

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Inyo National Forest Recreation Site Statuses November 4, 2022

  www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/inyo/recreation Mono Lake Ranger District: Campgrounds Open: Glass Creek (Closing early on 11/6 due to incoming weather and no camp host) Campgrounds Closed: Silver Lake, Lower Lee Vining Gull Lake, June Lake, Oh Ridge, Aerie Crag (overflow, no campfires/water), Aspen, Big Springs, Reversed Creek, Big Bend, Ellery Lake, Junction, Hartley Springs, Saddlebag Lake, Sawmill Walk-in, Tioga […]

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PRESS RELEASE FROM Inyo National Forest – Recreation Site Statuses October 21, 2022

Mono Lake Ranger District: Campgrounds Open: Silver Lake, Lower Lee Vining (Closing on 10/30) Glass Creek (Closing on 11/15) Campgrounds Closed: Gull Lake, June Lake, Oh Ridge, Aerie Crag (overflow, no campfires/water), Aspen, Big Springs, Reversed Creek, Big Bend, Ellery Lake, Junction, Hartley Springs, Saddlebag Lake, Sawmill Walk-in, Tioga Lake, Moraine, Saddlebag Trailhead Group, Obsidian Flat […]

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Death Valley – Free Permits Required for Some Backpacking and Roadside Camping; Campgrounds and Some Roads Opening Soon 

  DEATH VALLEY, Calif. – As temperatures cool, Death Valley National Park is opening campgrounds. The National Park Service (NPS) and Caltrans are making progress reopening flood-damaged roads. Free permits will be required for overnight camping along the park’s most popular backcountry roads and trails. Texas Springs Campground and Stovepipe Wells Campground will open at […]

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Inyo National Forest Recreation Site Statuses October 6, 2022

  www.fs.usda.gov/recmain/inyo/recreation   Mono Lake Ranger District:  Campgrounds open: Big Springs, Aspen (closes 10/11). Closing on 10/16: Reversed Creek, Gull Lake, June Lake, Oh Ridge, Aerie Crag (overflow, no campfires/water). Closing on 10/31: Silver Lake, Lower Lee Vining. Closing on 11/15: Glass Creek.  Campgrounds closed:  Big Bend, Ellery Lake, Junction, Hartley Springs, Saddlebag Lake, Sawmill Walk-in, […]

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