NEWS & MEDIA
Fall 2023 Newsletter
Read about the intense summer season 2023 accomplishments and Whitebark's constant growth with new programs, board members and new leadership coming soon!
Learn what we have been up to all winter (other than digging) and what summer work is planned on the Eastern Sierra Climate & Communities Resilience Project! Please take a moment to peruse and learn about a new and improved Whitebark Institute 2.0, new funding awards, pending proposals, NEPA progress, summer events and implementation schedule changes due to a wild winter!
Spring 2023 Newsletter
ESCCRP Public Scoping
November 2 & 3, 2022
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Missed the scoping meetings?
Catch up here!
The Inyo National Forest, the lead agency for the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) compliance, began the public scoping process to gather input regarding the NEPA analysis for the ESCCRP. Both virtual and in-person events were held to educate the public on the Proposed Action.
Friends of the Inyo está ayudando al Instituto Whitebark de Ciencias Ambientales
Disciplinarias (en inglés, Whitebark Institute of Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences) y al Servicio Nacional Forestal de EE.UU. (U.S. National Forest Service, o USFS por sus siglas en ingés) a divulgar información en español sobre un proyecto para prevenir los incendios forestales en el área de Mammoth Lakes y sus alrededores.
Esta dona es anti-incendios!
El Sol de la Sierra, October 27, 2022
Mammoth Lakes "Donut" Project to benefit eastern Sierra
Sierra Nevada Conservancy, October 19, 2022
Landscape-scale project with local, state, and federal stakeholders
Backed by funding from the Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC), the two-year pre-planning phase for the project wraps up this fall. Spanning 56,000 acres of Inyo National Forest across six different watersheds, it is a project that included input from a wide range of partners, including federal, state, and local agencies, as well as local and regional businesses and nonprofits...
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We are excited to issue our first
bi-annual ESCCRP Stakeholder Newsletter and share our project progress, challenges and successes.
Thank you for your continued support and commitment to the Eastern Sierra!
Fall 2022 Newsletter
Cómo defender y fortalecer su vivienda contra los incendios forestales
El Sol de la Sierra, September 8, 2022
El 8 de julio a media tarde, mi barrio en West Bishop estaba ardiendo.
Desde el centro de la ciudad, donde está mi oficina, veía la densa humareda que los vientos fuertes soplaban hacia el norte. Me pude acercar nada más hasta el cruce de West Line Street y Reata Road, desde donde estaba cortado el acceso a mi calle, Watterson Road, ubicada a media milla hacia el sureste. Sólo permitían el paso a vehículos de rescate...