by News Staff | Oct 30, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The weekend after the Fourth of July, fire broke out about five miles south of Big Pine. A fierce wind blew the fire quickly toward the Big Pine area. Fast work by fire fighters from many agencies stopped the ferocious flames about a half mile outside the town. It was...
by News Staff | Oct 24, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Reds Meadow Road and Area Closure (Press Release) BISHOP, Calif., Oct. 24, 2012 – The Reds Meadow Road is now closed for the season due to the amount of snow received in the most recent storm. Logging operations remain in progress, removing down trees from...
by News Staff | Sep 14, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Closure of Sierra Nevada Bighorn Sheep Habitat to Pack Goat Use Proposed by the Forest Service – Comments Sought (Forest Service Press Release) BISHOP, Calif., Sept. 13, 2012 – The Inyo National Forest is initiating the preparation of an Environmental...
by News Staff | Sep 13, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
Officials from the Inyo National Forest and Bishop Field Office of the Bureau of Land Management announced that Eastern Sierra fire restrictions put into place June 20 will be rescinded beginning today. Recent seasonal changes in the fuel moisture, combined with...
by News Staff | Sep 13, 2012 | Government Agencies/Utilities
The second marijuana eradication operation this summer unfolded on Inyo National Forest lands outside of Lone Pine on Tuesday. The Inyo Narcotics Enforcement Team reported that agents eradicated about 4,000 marijuana plants with a potential street value of $10...
