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/
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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