To help keep locals informed about environmental
issues on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada in California, a
lone activist has spun an electronic web. The Eastern Sierra Agenda
Network was founded by Elizabeth Tenney, a member of Preserving the
Eastern Sierra Tradition of Environmental Responsibility (PESTER
for short). This list-serve, a free electronic service that
delivers news to its subscribers via e-mail, keeps the community
abreast of issues, including the Royal Gold potential heap-leach
gold mine in an earthquake-prone area and conflicts between
motorized and non-motorized recreation near the town of Mammoth
Lakes. “We are trying to preserve what we have here,” says Tenney.
“Whether we’re protecting that from trophy homes, a recreational
trapeze or a gold mine, it doesn’t matter. It all has to do with
preserving our quality of life.” Subscribers have jumped from an
original 42 to more than 220, and Tenney has begun to enlist the
help of others to sift through piles of meeting agendas and press
releases.
To find out more or to subscribe,
contact Elizabeth Tenney at P.O. Box 2428, Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
(760/924-8475) tenney@qnet.com.
* Juniper
Davis
This article appeared in the print edition of the magazine with the headline Opening lines of communication.
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