By Deb Murphy Now that the Town of Mammoth Lakes’ purchase of Shady Rest is official, what are the next steps to develop the 25-acre parcel for affordable housing? That was the question on the Town Council’s agenda, right after they had to reject bids for the Multi-Use Facility. The MUF started in controversy from […]
By Deb Murphy Mammoth’s Mayor John Wentworth asked the question – how do you consume an elephant, or in the town’s case solve the housing issue – at last Wednesday’s meeting. The question: one bite at a time. The Council took a few little bites out of its housing elephant when it accepted the Community […]
Press release The Inyo National Forest is seeking input for the proposed Shady Rest Fat Bike Grooming project. Fat Bikes are non-motorized bicycles that have a tire tread width of at least 3.7 inches and are propelled by human effort. The proposed action would add six miles of groomed trail and temporarily allow fat bikes […]
With the recent government shutdown and re-opening, some citizens locally have wondered why campgrounds managed by concessionaires had to close. We asked Mammoth District Ranger Jon Regelbrugge, who said orders came from the national level about government-owned facilities. He said that campgrounds which are under permit to concessionaires are government-owned. The permit, said Regelbrugge, allows […]
A Letter to the Editor, With all the negative news coming out of Mammoth these day, much of it surely warranted, there is a very positive side as well that I think should be shared. I ‘d been away from Mammoth for some 10 years and now find myself back at home, back where I […]
After we reported that unhappy citizens had begun to tear out Forest Service barricades on dirt roads in many areas, we received comments on our website expressing more concern. The Mammoth Motorcycle Club wrote that they believe the Forest Service has refused to go out into the Forest to validate public concerns expressed over closed […]
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