MCWD news release On September 3, 2019 work to complete fuels reduction on up to 630 acres in the Mammoth Lakes Basin will begin. Mechanical and hand thinning will create fuel breaks and defensible space along roadsides and around campgrounds, including safe exit routes. These activities will provide protection toinfrastructure and maintain recreational access to forest and watershed […]
News releases The Mammoth Lakes Fire Safe Council (MLFSC) has received approval from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) on a grant application for the Lakes Basin Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project in the amount of $1,000,000 to conduct mechanical and hand thinning, fuel breaks, roadside and campground fuels reduction, forest restoration, and meadow aspen release treatments […]
USFS press release The Inyo National Forest announces that new over snow fat biking opportunities are available for the 2018 winter season. The following areas are now open to over snow fat bike use: • Groomed motorized OSV trails identified on the Eastern Sierra Winter Recreation Map as “Snowmobile Routes” • Obsidian Dome and Shady Rest Park […]
Press release The Inyo National Forest, in cooperation with the Town of Mammoth Lakes and Cal Trans, is beginning work to open the Lakes Basin and Reds Meadow roads. These areas are popular recreation destination for visitors and locals alike and provides access to the Devils Postpile National Monument, trailheads that access the John Muir […]
Inyo National Forest press release The Inyo National Forest is preparing for winter conditions. The forecast brings the possibility of snow in the upcoming days. As such, the forest may implement winter closures for roads that access the Reds Meadow Valley and Mammoth Lakes Basin areas of the Inyo National Forest. Overnight parking in the […]
– Press release from the Mammoth Community Water District Mammoth Lakes, CA –Mammoth Community Water District (MCWD) announced the need for increased conservation awareness in 2015 as California’s drought persists into its fourth year. MCWD depends on the region’s snowpack to feed the District’s surface water supply and replenish groundwater aquifers. Unfortunately, the current snowpack […]
The Inyo National Forest Prepares for Potential Winter Road Closures The Inyo National Forest is preparing for the week-end storm in the forecast. The forest may implement winter closures for roads that access the Reds Meadow Valley and Mammoth Lakes Basin areas of the Inyo National Forest. For the Reds Meadow Valley Road, the forest […]
For those into fishing and the Eastern Sierra outdoors, a Friday through Sunday event centered in Mammoth Lakes will cover the Owens River, Hot Creek, Rush Creek, the Walker Basin, the Inyo Forest, trout stocking, and actual fishing. The Fly Fishing Faire, sponsored by Southwest Council International Federation of Fly Fishers, centers at Cerro Coso […]
FOREST SERVICE PRESS RELEASE: BISHOP, Calif., May 10, 2013 – The Inyo National Forest announces a special opportunity for personal use fuelwood collection in the Mammoth Lakes Basin on the weekend of May 17-19, 2013. The area will open for fuelwood collection at 8:00 a.m. on these three days. All firewood collection activities must be […]
Mammoth Lakes Basin and Reds Meadow Road Plowing to Begin — Reds Meadow Road to Remain Closed During Cleanup Operations — BISHOP, Calif., April 20, 2012 – Above average temperatures and a below average snowpack are allowing road plowing efforts to begin earlier than normal this spring. The Town of Mammoth Lakes will begin plowing […]
(Inyo National Forest press release) Inyo National Forest law enforcement personnel have once again started their snowmobile patrols for the 2012 season. In a continuing effort to protect congressionally designated wilderness within the Inyo National Forest from illegal snowmobile use, law enforcement patrols will be routinely patrolling problem areas both on skis and snowmobiles and […]
Forest Service crews continue the major work to clean up seriously damaged forest areas from the severe wind storm at the end of November. Crews are currently working in the Reds Meadow area where scores of trees were torn down by the wind. Forest officials earlier said that the wind caused widespread damage to several […]
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