by Community Reports/Events | Jun 9, 2022 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CAL Fire, City of Bishop, Fire, Inyo County, Inyo National forest, Mono County, Nature, United States Forest Service
The third session of the Eastern Sierra Council of Governments (ESCOG) Citizen’s Wildfire Education Academy (Academy) will focus on Current U.S. Forest Service (USFS), Bureau of Land Management (BLM), and California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection...
by Press Release | Apr 20, 2022 | Nature, Press Release, United States Forest Service
BRIDGEPORT, Calif.— Today, the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest announced its draft decision not to authorize cattle grazing on scenic and biodiverse public lands in the Eastern Sierra. The Forest Service had been reviewing whether to initiate cattle grazing on...
by News Staff | Feb 17, 2022 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CAL Fire, California Highway Patrol, CalTrans, Fire, General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Law Enforcement, United States Forest Service
As of this evening’s incident report from CalFire the fire size has grown to 4,136 acres and is 20% contained. Forward rate of progress has been stopped north of Hwy 168 and firefighters continue to construct containment lines and mop-up the North end of...
by Press Release | Feb 17, 2022 | breezy, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), CAL Fire, California Dept Fish & Wildlife, California Highway Patrol, CalTrans, Fire, Heavy Smoke, Inyo County Sheriff's Office, LADWP, Mammoth Lakes Fire Department, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
Here is the latest on the vegetation fire that started 2-16-22 at 12:40 PM, known as the Airport Fire. The estimated acreage is 2,880 with 0% containment. No structures have been damaged or destroyed, but 150 structures are threatened. No injuries or fatalities. The...
by Press Release | Feb 9, 2022 | Government Agencies/Utilities, United States Forest Service
As a reminder, the OSV Planning meetings are this week as well as two of the three Coffee with a Ranger field trips. See details below. The Inyo National Forest announces that a series of meetings are scheduled to encourage collaborative discussion for OSV Planning....
by Deb Murphy | Feb 2, 2022 | General Misc. Stories, Inyo County, Inyo National forest, News Releases, Press Release, United States Forest Service
Chris Langley, Inyo County film commissioner, usually presents a lively update on activity during semi-annual Board of Supervisors’ meetings. That was not so much the case last week. The impacts of the COVID pandemic on the industry, but more so on...