Range of Light Group April 2022 eNewsletter
April 7, 2022
Events Roundup, Mining Conglomerate Mesa and Hot Creek, Mono Lake Water Level, Owen Maloy, and more!
Range of Light Group February 2022 eNewsletter
February 15, 2022
Mining Hot Creek, 30x30, Groundwater Sustainability, Fish Slough, Bridgeport Southwest Rangeland, and more!
Fish Slough Caught in the Middle
February 4, 2022
The fate of a national treasure and several endangered species is in the hands of a small local water district. That treasure is Fish Slough. The water table in Fish Slough has been in decline for the past 20 years and the springs are drying up. The...
30 x 30 Primer
January 17, 2022
Throughout California, there seems to be a disturbing number of people, including Sierra Club members, who have never heard of ”30X30”. In a nutshell, we are losing biodiversity at an alarming rate and the global 30x30 movement seeks to stop the...
KORE Mining December Update
December 16, 2021
The arrival of winter provides a reprieve from exploratory drilling at Hot Creek across from the Hot Creek Fly Fishing Ranch. The county roads to the drill site are not plowed in winter. KORE Mining, Ltd, a Canadian gold exploration company, could...
Range of Light Group November 2021 eNewsletter
November 17, 2021
Mining Hot Creek, 395 Cleanup, LADWP Pumping Deeper, Every Last Drop, and Pine Creek Hydro-Electric Project
Kore Mining Drilling at Hot Creek Oct Update
October 24, 2021
The US Forest Service approved the Long Valley Exploratory Drilling Project on September 27. In response, the Sierra Club along with three other conservation organizations, CBD, FOI, and Western Watersheds Project, filed a National Environmental...
LADWP Pumping Deeper
October 24, 2021
A “pre-construction evaluation” report to replace Well 247 in the Laws area to the west of Highway 6 was on the agenda of the October 18th Technical Group meeting. LADWP plans to file a Notice of Exemption where the project would be exempt from an...
Pine Creek Mine Hydroelectric Project Goes Forward
October 24, 2021
On 9/23/21, after 17 years of comments, litigation, competing projects, environmental analysis and more, a 40-year license was issued to Pine Creek Mine, LLC for the Pine Creek Mine Hydroelectric Project (P-12532-006) by the Federal Energy...
Range of Light Group September 2021 eNewsletter
September 21, 2021
Volunteer Overview, Camp High Sierra Sacrifice, Duck Pass Hike, and 395 Cleanup