Eastern Sierra Land Trusts Land and Legacy Celebration!

 

We can't wait to get onto the land with you again! ESLT is hosting an in-person Citizen Science BioBlitz event on Sunday, August 21st from 8-10 am. We will meet at the Bishop Paiute Reservation Conservation Open Space Area (COSA). The COSA is 24.8 acres of wetlands and walking paths that have been set aside by the Bishop Paiute Tribe for conservation, learning, recreation, and science.

 

This event will be a great way to meet community members, engage in Citizen Science data collection, and speak to the local scientists who help all of us understand the complexities of the Eastern Sierra. You can read more here, or email claire@eslt.org to RSVP.

 

If you can’t join us in Bishop that morning, you can still join in the fun with ESLT’s DIY Backyard BioBlitz. We would love to get your observations from wherever you are located. Email claire@eslt.org for more details.

 

Join us for a Zoom chat with local conservationist, author, ranger, educator, and Eastern Sierra lover, David Carle.

 

At 6 pm on the 23rd, David will discuss fire in Eastern California while presenting from his recently published 2nd edition of Fire in California.  We are thrilled to have David discuss fire, a topic that affects all, and of which he has been at the forefront for decades. You can read more and RSVP here.

 

A prolific author, David's books about California have illuminated the state's history, ecology, people, and future. His dedication to protecting the Eastern Sierra is longstanding. From 1982 through 2000, at the Mono Lake Tufa State Reserve, he shared the unit ranger position with his wife, participating in the long effort to protect the Eastern Sierra inland sea from the effects of stream diversions to Los Angeles. He also taught biology and natural history courses for several years in the 1990s at Cerro Coso Community College in Mammoth Lakes, and served as President of the Mono Basin Historical Society.