Eastern Sierra • Entered by Kristine Green on May 9, 2024
Earth Day Tabling
April 20, 2024 – April 21, 2024
Participants and Hours
| Pre Planning hours | 8 |
| Post Admin hours | |
| Activity Hours | 6 |
| Participants | 5 |
| Total Hours | 38 |
Key Issue: Multiple apply
Activity Type: Education & Outreach (tabling, films & lectures, regional B-walks/works)
Key Partners: We tabled at the Bishop Park Earth Day event on Saturday and the Bishop Piute Tribe Earth Day event on Sunday.
Landscape/area: Fish Slough WSA (14700 acres)
Measurable Outcomes
Outcome 1: Event Attendees (5 people)
Short Description of Activity
Betsy and Janet tabled for Friends of Fish Slough, which is a program of the Eastern Sierra Broadband, on Saturday. I joined them at the Sunday event and set up a Great Old Broads table as well. We have 119 people on our Friends of Fish Slough membership list and many were gained from sign ups at Earth Day.
Reflection/Evaluation
We increased awareness of our Friends group and the Broads in general.
The real important event of the day was the release of about 200 Owens pupfish into the Conservation Open Space Area (COSA) ponds, which are on tribal land. For the first time in history the Owens Pupfish species was introduced to the Fish Refuge Pond in the COSA area on the Bishop Paiute Indian Reservation, in an effort to assist with the re-growth of this once flourishing native fish species. This took over a decade to accomplish. California legislation was passed that allowed the care/keeping of an endangered species on private land. The event started with a traditional prayer and included presentations by tribal Chairwomen, Meryl Picard, Environmental Director, Brian Adkins, and others who worked to get the project to implementation.