Tag: Friends of the Amargosa Basin

  • Heard Around Town: Only The Resilient Remain

    Heard Around Town: Only The Resilient Remain

    Tecopa officially hit triple digits ahead of Memorial Day weekend, signaling the start of the desert’s long, sun-scorched summer. With daytime highs soaring past 100°F (37°C), emerging snakes making the rounds, most of the seasonal snowbirds have packed up and headed north, leaving behind a quieter town and a smaller, more heat-hardened crowd. But summer…

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  • Heard Around Town: Government Edition

    Heard Around Town: Government Edition

    TecopaCabana.com will be previewing highlights and offering special coverage of this week’s Inyo County Board of Supervisors meeting in Tecopa. The Board is scheduled to meet at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, at the Tecopa Community Center, 400 Tecopa Hot Springs Road. The annual spring session in Southeast Inyo offers residents of the region…

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  • Heard Around Town: Under the Full Moon

    Heard Around Town: Under the Full Moon

    It was a week of both devastation and renewal in Tecopa, marked by the luminous presence of a full moon. Our cherished Borehole Spring was ravaged by fire, with over 9 acres burned.  “A BLM Fire investigation is ongoing, with no obvious source of ignition determined from physical evidence,” reports the Amargosa Conservancy, intimating that…

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  • Heard Around Town: Power Struggles

    Heard Around Town: Power Struggles

    Despite the high winds finally dying down, it was a rough week in Tecopa and Shoshone as temperatures plummeted into the low 20s and the power went out for nearly 25 hours on Monday, January 20 into Tuesday, January 21. Southern California Edison updated residents twice on repair work during the day, with an initial…

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  • Biden Establishes Two New Monuments in California, Foreshadowing Amargosa Basin

    Biden Establishes Two New Monuments in California, Foreshadowing Amargosa Basin

    At one of the final White House ceremonies in President Joe Biden’s term, the president highlighted the dedication of the Chuckwalla and Sáttítla National Monuments as part of his administration’s broader environmental agenda. He underscored the significance of protecting culturally and ecologically valuable land in California, emphasizing its importance for biodiversity, climate resilience, and honoring…

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  • Heard Around Town

    Heard Around Town

    Welcome to our first edition, where we share what we’ve heard around town. Party People There will be a Community Healing Solstice Party on December 20 starting at 4pm at Thelma and Louise, all are welcome. Bring chairs, firewood, blankets, beverages, snacks, and your unique self. Tecopa Takeover once again featured local favorites MEGA-SCOPES, but…

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