Conservation Issues in our Region
(follow the links for more information on each item)

California Wild Heritage Wilderness Act:

We are excited at the passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act in March, 2009, that adds 430,000 acres to Sierra Nevada wilderness.
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Lower Owens River Project

A new lawsuit over monitoring issues was filed in September, 2008. The good news is that the rewatering of the Owens River and the dust mitigation project in the Owens Lake has resulted in return of flora and fauna as documented in the Big Bird count made in April, 2009. MORE...

Mammoth –Yosemite Airport

Horizon Air began service between Los Angeles and Mammoth Lakes in December, 2008, using regional (70 passenger) jets. Service may be expanded to year round service in 2010. MORE...

Motorized Travel Management Plan for Inyo National Forest

The Inyo National Forest should soon announce (summer, 2009) its new plan for motorized routes and motorized trails. MORE...

Town of Mammoth Lakes Trail System Master Plan Final Draft

This update to the 1991 plan was released in spring, 2009, concluding more than two years of work facilitated by Mammoth Lakes Trails Pubic Access. MORE...

Mammoth Trails

In May, 2009, RoLG was accepted as a charter member of this coalition of user groups concerned with developing trails for all users in Mammoth Lakes. MORE...

Sherwin (SATSS) Working Group

RoLG members are participating in a new group that will develop a trails use plan (motorized and non-motorized) for the area between the Sherwin Mountains and the south urban growth boundary of Mammoth Lakes. MORE...

Proposed PahrumpAirport

RoLG has submitted comments on the proposed Pahrump, Nevada airport to be located along the California border, close to Death Valley National Park and the Amargosa Wild and Scenic River. MORE...

Death Valley National Park Wilderness Stewardship Plan

In May, 2009, Death Valley National Park initiated a two to three year process to develop a Wilderness Stewardship Plan – only applies to the designated wilderness areas within the park. MORE...

Mammoth Mountain Ski-Back Trail

Although appeals have been filed, the Forest Service will likely allow the construction of a ski-back trail from Mammoth Mountain to the North Village in Mammoth during the summers of 2009 and 2010. MORE...

Whitney Portal Preserve Project

Opposition continues to proposed housing project near Lone Pine. MORE...

Verizon Fibre Optics Line between Bishop and Mammoth Lakes

Swall Meadow residents protest aspects of high speed phone and broadband line. MORE ...

Klondike Lake

LADWP announced closing of Klondike Lake on May 15, 2009 to motorized recreation as a safeguard against threatened quagga mussel infestation. The local Save Klondike Committee is pushing Inyo County and LADWP to come up with an alternative plan that would allow continued motorized recreation on the lake. MORE...

Owens Lake Bird Census

The third annual bird census held on April 18, 2009 showed a dramatic return of migrating birds since the LADWP (Los Angeles Department of Water and Power) as part of a required dust control project began flooding  sections of the dried up Owens Lake bed in 2001. It is believed that number of all species were up this year. Audubon California this year designated Owens Lake one of the 17 most important birding areas in California.

Turner Propane Tank Farm

RoLG has expressed concern about the locating of four 30,000 propane tanks at the gravel pit off Sherwin Creek Road in Mammoth Lakes adjacent to the Snowcreek VIII development. MORE...

Rose Valley Aquifer Pumping and Little Lake

The Inyo Board of Supervisors on May 6, 2009, approved allowing the Coso Geothermal plant to pump water for 30 years  (mainly for use in water cooling towers) from the Rose Valley Aquifer. The RoLG representative on Owens Valley water issues (Mark Bagley) along other groups such as CNPS (California Native Plant Society), waterfowl hunters, and business interests have opposed the plan as presently formulated due to its long term effect on the aquifer and on the water level of near by Little Lake thereby impacting negatively both the local flora and fauna. MORE...

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