Big Bear City, CA, May 21, 2015 - The Big Bear Airport District Board of Directors has named Dustin Leno, A.A.E., as the new General Manager of the Big Bear City Airport. His first day with the airport was May 11, 2015. In a Special Board of Directors Meeting on April 24, Mr. Leno’s one year employment contract was approved, clearing the way for him to take the helm of the Big … [Read more...] about Big Bear Airport Has a New General Manager
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Tragedy and Sadness Strikes Big Bear Lake
Big Bear Lake, CA 11/26/14 - Last night, Cheri Haggerty Lawrence, Big Bear Lake City Clerk and wife of City Public Works Director David Lawrence, and her newborn son’s life ended tragically. Events began on Tuesday evening just after 5pm, when Cheri collapsed in her office at City Hall. Emergency CPR was performed almost immediately followed by transport by Big Bear Fire … [Read more...] about Tragedy and Sadness Strikes Big Bear Lake
Medicine Wheel: A Native Approach To Restoring Balance
Big Bear City, CA, September 28, 2014 - This month marked the ten-year anniversary of the Big Bear Medicine Wheel that was led by an Eastern Shoshone elder during the severe drought of 2004. At the time, local government agencies were debating cloud seeding--a method of increasing precipitation by dispersing substances such as dry ice or silver iodide crystals into the air. … [Read more...] about Medicine Wheel: A Native Approach To Restoring Balance
New Water Use Regulations Coming?
Big Bear, CA, Sept. 11, 2014 - Governor Brown is expected to sign several bills, approved by the state legislature, into law this month, requiring local agencies to set up long term groundwater management plans. These new laws would allow state and local governments to intervene in groundwater use if necessary. California draws close to 60 percent of its water from … [Read more...] about New Water Use Regulations Coming?
The Evolution of a Forest
San Bernardino Mountains, CA, July 5, 2014 - Long before recorded history, this area was home to Native Americans--in fact, 616 prehistoric archaeological sites remain--and then to Mexicans and Europeans in the early 1800s. Mexico ceded California to the United States in 1848, just a few years before the discovery of gold in the San Bernardino mountains kicked off decades of … [Read more...] about The Evolution of a Forest