Do you like to hike, bike, climb, fish, or simply sit back and admire the wide-open Eastern Sierra views? Well then now is the time to give back to the public lands you love. In honor of National Public Lands Day, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Bishop Field Office is partnering with Eastern Sierra Land Trust and numerous other local agencies and conservation groups to hold a community-wide volunteer event and ...continue reading
The past three years have been hard on Eastern Sierra wildlife - and our mule deer herds are no exception. Are you wondering how the deer are faring in the wake of severe drought and wildfire, including the 7,000-acre Round Fire? On Saturday March 12 from 2-5pm, Eastern Sierra Land Trust and CA Dept. of Fish & Wildlife will lead a tour on a portion of the Round Valley herd’s migration corridor... ...continue reading
The past three years have been hard on Eastern Sierra wildlife – and our mule deer herds are no exception. Are you wondering how the deer are faring in the wake of severe drought and wildfire, including the 7,000-acre Round Fire? On March 12, join Eastern Sierra Land Trust and California Department of Fish & Wildlife for a tour of the Round Valley mule deer herd’s migration corridor, and hear from experts ...continue reading
Earlier this month, ESLT staff, Board Members, and supporters headed to Sacramento for Rally 2015: the nation's largest gathering of land conservation leaders. This conference is hosted by the Washington D.C.-based Land Trust Alliance (LTA), and takes place in a different city around the country each year. Because this year's Rally was just a hop, skip and a jump over the mountains from our home turf, we sent nine people to Sacramento to learn from the country's top conservation experts and ...continue reading
All of us at ESLT are thrilled to welcome AmeriCorps member Abbey Blair to the office as our new Restoration and Education Coordinator! During her 6-month service term which lasts through September, Abbey will be teaming up with our current full-term (11-month) AmeriCorps member, Sara Kokkelenberg, on a variety of interesting projects. Joining us through the Sierra Nevada Alliance's Sierra Nevada AmeriCorps Partnership (SNAP) program, Abbey will lead and collaborate on stewardship, education, ...continue reading
Dear Friends, There are truly no words for these feelings - I think crying and hugging one another come closer to expressing what is bursting inside. Our close-knit community was hit hard on February 6th by the devastatingly intense Round Fire. A devastating wildfire earlier this month ravaged homes and habitat in the Eastern Sierra. Photo © Jerry Dodrill. The statistics tell one part of the firestorm’s story: 7,000 burned ...continue reading
Every drop counts. This mantra reverberated through each talk at the Sierra EcoSummit, recently held in Groveland. I went to the EcoSummit curious to hear how the “Westside” was coping with the drought, and to learn what innovative solutions are being proposed. With a lineup of speakers ranging from Dr. Lynn Ingram and Dr. Frances Malamud-Roam - both Earth Science professors at UC Berkeley - to Tom Hicks, a prominent water attorney, ...continue reading
DeChambeau Creek, which runs through the conservation easement and is where the name comes from, drains into Mono Lake Mono County landowner, Jan Simis, has permanently preserved her 135 acres for future generations. Her land, which sits at the very western edge of the Mono Basin, has now been preserved with a conservation easement, a voluntary binding land protection agreement between the landowner and Eastern Sierra Land Trust (ESLT). Jan ...continue reading
Eastern Sierra Land Trust is joining forces with a number of local wildlife organizations and agencies to bring their second annual Living With Wildlife Festival to Mammoth Creek Park this coming weekend, September 27th from 9am until noon. Press Release [PDF]