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 | Jun 3, 2022 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fire, Inyo National forest, Press Release
BISHOP, Calif. – The Inyo National Forest and Bureau of Land Management Bishop Field Office will be implementing fire restrictions effective on all Federal lands under their jurisdiction starting Monday, June 6. Seasonal fire restrictions for the Eastern Sierra Region...
by Deb Murphy | May 9, 2022 | Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Fire, Inyo National forest
The report on forest conditions should have come as no surprise to the Eastern Sierra. Moisture levels in the national forests are very low and dropping with wildland fires predicted to hit earlier in the season. The prospect of future forest closures is a...
by Community Reports/Events | May 3, 2022 | City of Bishop, Fire, Inyo County, Mono County, Town of Mammoth Lakes
The second session of the Eastern Sierra Council of Governments (ESCOG) Citizen’s Wildfire Education Academy (Academy) will focus on Fire Ecology, and feature guest speakers from The Fire Restoration Group and the U.S. Forest Service Pacific Southwest...
by Community Reports/Events | Mar 28, 2022 | Fire, Public Safety
Earlier today, the Eastern Sierra Council of Governments (ESCOG) announced the launch of the Citizen’s Wildfire Education Academy (Academy), a series of seven free virtual sessions educating the public on wildfire, and how to prepare for it. “Wildfires...
by Deb Murphy | Mar 3, 2022 | Bishop City Council, Bishop Volunteer Fire Department (BVFD), City of Bishop, Fire, Inyo County
Two weeks after the Airport Fire raced down the Owens River scorching 4,136 acres, Bishop Fire Department Chief Joe Dell gave his report to the Bishop City Council. While Big Pine residents, east of Hwy. 395, were told to evacuate to the Bishop Senior Center, few did....
