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Update on It Takes Just One

Here are more developments in the Schulman Grove Visitor Center file.

http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/119017/27/

http://www.ksrw.sierrawave.net/site/content/view/1346/48/

The Schulman Grove Visitor Center in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine forest was destroyed by fire on Sept 4th of this year.

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Even More on It Just Takes One

The investigation of the Shulman Grove Visitor Center fire is complete but the results have not yet been released.  Here’s a recent post.  http://www.ksrw.sierrawave.net/site/content/view/1304/48/

This month marks the 50th anniversary of the designation of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest.  The celebration in the Schulman Grove will continue as planned on September 20.  Also, the Methuselah Trail that was closed for a while after the fire has been reopened.  The Methuselah Trail winds its way through the oldest trees in the forest including the Methuselah tree whose age is determined to be 4,700 years old.  However, the tree is not identified.  Here’s the post from the Inyo National Forest regarding the celebration.  http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/recreation/bristlecone/index.shtml

Other postings announcing the celebration include:

http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/117328/27/

http://yubanet.com/california/Celebration-of-50th-Anniversary-of-Ancient-Bristlecone-Pine-Forest-September-20th_printer.php

Following the John Christiana angle of the story, Christiana pleaded not guilty to felony charges of auto theft, grand theft and receiving stolen property.  Sheriff’s investigators have enough hard evidence to link him to the rash of vandalisms that occurred in recent weeks in the Big Pine Creek and Bishop Creek areas.  The Inyo Register reports the following…

http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/116920/27/

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More on It Just Takes One

Here’s a quick status of the tragic loss of the Schulman Grove Visitor Center in the Ancient Bristlecone Pine Forest, a beautiful section of the Inyo National Forest.

Beginning in late August a rash of vandalism started in the Eastern Sierra with the area around Big Pine being ‘ground zero.’  http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/115766/27/

Thursday morning, September 4th, the Schulman Grove Visitor Center burned to the ground.  This was amidst a rash of vandalism events occurring at the same time in the area.  Arson is suspected.  http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/115529/1/

On Saturday, Sept 6th John Thomas Christiana of San Francisco was arrested in Lone Pine in connection with the vandalism.  He had articles in his car that had been removed from a vandalized cabin.  http://www.ksrw.sierrawave.net/site/content/view/1274/48/

Christiana was arraigned in Inyo County Court on Tuesday, Sept 9th.  http://www.ksrw.sierrawave.net/site/content/view/1285/48/

Here’s the link to the latest article in the Inyo Register – http://www.inyoregister.com/content/view/116554/

Here’s what it looked like.  It was a truly beautiful structure.  http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2727239740033719756fZLuqQ

The visitor center will be rebuilt and efforts are underway to raise the expected $700,000 through private donations and matching funds.  More information will be posted on this blog regardging the fundraising as it becomes available.

Here are a few more posts…

http://www.summitpost.org/view_object.php?object_id=440245

http://www.fs.fed.us/r5/inyo/news/2008/09/shulman.shtml

http://www.ksrw.sierrawave.net/site/index2.php?option=com_content&do_pdf=1&id=1268

http://www.sierravisionsstock.com/sierravisions/bristlecone-pine-visitor-center-lost-to-fire/

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