by News Staff | Sep 13, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Questions still remain in the minds of some about U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services’ plan for critical habitat designations to protect some frogs and toads in the High Sierra. Will the plan eliminate trout-planting in high country lakes like South Lake and Rock...
by News Staff | Sep 6, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
UPDATE: 9-6, 4PM State Route 120 from Groveland to Yosemite will reopen today at noon. However, Tioga Road remains closed from Crane Flat to White Wolf and visitors traveling from Mono County will not be able to continue into Yosemite Valley. The YARTS September...
by News Staff | Aug 23, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
(PRESS RELEASE – Carma Roper, Inyo Sheriff PIO) On August 22nd a massive multiagency eradication operation was successfully accomplished above Hogback Creek west of Lone Pine, CA. Inyo Narcotics Enforcement Team (INET) and agents from the United States Forest...
by News Staff | Jul 3, 2013 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Officials and citizens of Inyo and Mono have publicly opposed efforts to create Critical Habitat Designations for two types of mountain frogs and the Yosemite Toad. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife spokesman assured Sierra Wave that his agency can not and does not close these...
by News Staff | May 24, 2013 | Entertainment/Local Events/Activities, General Misc. Stories, Government Agencies/Utilities
– Press release from Caltrans Bishop – Bike to Work Week was a successful challenge due to five local agencies joining forces and encouraging their employees to participate. The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), US Forest Service, Bureau of...
