Advocacy groups, such as Friends of the Inyo and the Sierra Club, oppose exploratory mining because it can cause habitat destruction, displace or harm species like the bi-state sage-grouse, mule deer, ...

The Inyo National Forest and the Bishop BLM Office recently approved a gathering and removal plan for 300–500 wild horses near the Montgomery Pass Wild Horse Territory, starting this summer. If ...

Countless books have celebrated Yosemite National Park’s scenery, geology, and trails. But until now, just one has solely chronicled the Park’s wildlife. In 1924, pioneering field biologist Joseph ...

This article was published in the June 7, 2025 edition. Nearly a year after launching its “Lease to Locals” pilot program, the Mammoth Town Council faces a critical decision: extend a flailing effort ...

This issue was originally published in the May 31, 2025 Editon Bishop Planning Commission reaffirmed its April approval of variances granted to Bud Miller and Eric Bissell’s proposed climbing gym ...

Branding days, for example, are essential to a rancher’s career and profit, but also have a great deal of personhood wrapped up in them. It’s bloody, hot, hard, but it’s who they are. “People want to ...

This article was published in the June 7, 2025 edition. The gold bugs are back and that’s bugging quite a few people. Despite storming out of Inyo County in a huff in 2020 and closing its Lone Pine ...

This article was published in the June 7, 2025 edition. The Eastern Sierra is a rare example of a microculture where people from vastly different backgrounds coexist, drawn together by[…] ...

This issue was originally published in the May 31, 2025 Editon Cory Duro, Fire Chief of the Mono City District, was working a typical Thursday shift at the Shell Service[…] ...