Recent snowfall in Mammoth Lakes is almost a spit in the eye for snow-dependent businesses that have struggled with terribly dry conditions most of the winter. One of those is Mammoth Dog Teams. They can’t run dog sleds on dry trails. Owner Jim Ouimet is still hanging in there. In fact, he will appear at Thursday’s Mono County Planning Commission meeting.
At 10:10 am in the Bridgeport Courthouse boardroom, Mammoth Dog Teams will ask for a use permit modification. This includes extension of conditions to construct an office building, a new access point and lease-area adjustments for one year.
The current use permit allows for operation of the Mammoth Dog Teams commercial kennel. All of this, as most know, is located at the County-owned, former sheriff’s substation off Highway 395 north of the Hot Creek fish hatchery.
County planners indicated on the agenda that this project qualifies as a California Environmental Quality Act exemption.
What a shame, these dogs are so much part of the “mountain experience” people come to Mammoth for. Too bad they don’t have a permanent home. Too bad there isn’t a piece of land where Jim Ouimet can build a structure so the dogs don’t have to be chained up… Read more »
Slavery in the South was hard to get over too.
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Those dogs were illegally teathered more this winter that last due to lack of snow. Like everyone in the snow removal business those dogs didn’t work very much this year. By definition of the law those dogs are illegally tethered, THAT’S A FACT. What it really comes down to is… Read more »
Yeah right Rob
Dogs chained to boxes for life seems wrong to me.
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It’s also illegal, but county animal control officers look the other way.
They are not chained to boxes for life. They are working dogs. They pull sleds for hours. Talk to the sled driver to get the full story before you make up terrible scenarios.
People forget that if these dogs were not exercised and in shape, they would not be able to pull a sled with supplies and people. So there is NO WAY they are chained to thier box for life
Wayne, Your question why DFG can tranquilize and relocate a bear in La Crescenta, but doesn’t do the same here is a good one. I can’t answer for DFG, but I can tell you that your description of what would happen if a bear walked towards man in Mammoth is… Read more »
Kind of off-topic here,but whoever was watching the news Tuesday morning,the incident with the black bear wandering into the residential neighborhood in Southern California….Can someone PLEASE explain to me why they can’t…and won’t.. do things up there in Mammoth the same way as how it was handled down in L.A.… Read more »
Wayne, Recently, another story in the Tahoe area revealed a DFG policy of releasing bear cubs.( https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#label/NEWS/1367ea3e0b2d6bdd) I have no idea why they won’t do this kind of thing here. Mammoth does have Wildlife Specialist Steve Searles who keeps bears and people apart with an uncanny skill. Our news agency… Read more »
My opinion it goes to show you that the attitude out here is way behind. more of man taking Gods Green Earth for granted, just like DWP thinking they can take all water in valley, and they believe that because they have the funds to do so. Humans have become… Read more »
Bruce Kinney should retire and go away.
Well, you would have lost that bet. Bears walk through my yard and along the street where I live all the time. No barrage of gunfire yet. Although it air horns have been heard along with “Bad bear…” Bears are put down in Mammoth when they start hot prowling homes… Read more »
That is one of the points I am making,Mr.Warner….If the bears are allowed to walk the streets,and into back yards….as you say,all the time,that is the time to relocate the bears.Not to continue to allow their behavior.The L.A. bear was relocated the first real chance they had to do it.If… Read more »
Wayne, It might take a 737 to relocate all of Mammoth’s bears who live in and around Town. There are too many. I’m just speaking from covering news on the bears during the last 30 years. Before Steve Searles program, DFG used to shoot bears who came into town and… Read more »
Wow, Seriously? Relocate EVERY bear that comes into town? They live here, too, Wayne. For the most part our bears and people co-exist just fine. Again, w/ exception of a few instances where bears were destroyed. But you would know this if you actually came to Mammoth instead of throwing… Read more »
You just don’t know what you are talking about.
Wayne, there are MANY more bears in Mammoth than likely where this took place in L.A. There are bears all over town in the evening around here. With the exception of a couple high profile cases in recent years, bears are certainly NOT “killed by a barrage of gunfire” every… Read more »
That’s not true Wayne, while some of the bears have been put down, and most likely for good reasons .. the incidents are handled correctly, for the most part .. some times individuals have to be put down, but mostly they can be dealt with other ways. The incident in… Read more »