I was lucky to be out at Conglomerate Mesa for a few days while it was in bloom this past June. The mesa was alive with Rock Wrens, butterflies, snakes, lizards, flowers in bloom, flowers just past their peak, and thousands of grasshoppers!! On...

By Lynn Boulton The potential for gold excites investors, even in microscopic quantities, but it depresses everyone else who is familiar with the devastation to flora, fauna and their habitat the discovery of gold brings.

LADWP's pumping plan, the BLM rule, exploratory drilling updates, Pinyon Jay survey, communication volunteers needed, and more!

By Lynn Boulton It has been 16.5 years since water came down the Owens River to the Owens Lake. Is it time to celebrate? Not quite. While it is great to have the river back, it isn't a healthy river system. This is a critical year in that...

By Lynn Boulton The Great Basin Bird Observatory has an app where you can enter your observations of pinyon jays. Pinyon jays are in serious decline--their numbers are down 83% from the late 1960s. As their name indicates, they rely on pinyon...

By Lynn Boulton There are five different gold exploration companies planning to drill in the Eastern Sierra. There are three in the Bodie Hills that can start any time after July 15: Bald Peak (helicopter access to the Dry Lakes Plateau),...

By Lynn Boulton As a fundraiser for the Sierra Club, Phil Gaimon, a well-known cyclist, and his team put on a cycling event in the Owens Valley on April 29th. This was the first 100-mile cycling event put on in the Owens Valley and drew people...

By Lynn Boulton The BLM calls it the Public Lands Rule. Others call it the Conservation and Landscape Health Rule or the Healthy Lands Rule. It is exciting to see the BLM declare conservation a use and elevate conservation on a par with other...

By Lynn Boulton Every April 20th, per the Long Term Water Agreement, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) releases its annual report with their plan on how much groundwater they will pump and from where. With this huge, unprecedented...

Categorical exclusion appeal, Earth Day, large scale solar, cyanide ban, and more!