The efforts to restore populations of the mountain yellow-legged frogs in the San Jacinto Mountains are evincing significant progress despite the presence of the drought. Several steps are producing positive results, according to Adam R. Backlin, ecologist, U.S. Geological Survey at the Western Ecological Research Center. This year, researchers released two separate sets of tadpoles…

Mountain Communities Mutual Aid (MCMA) received a $4,000 grant from the Idyllwild Community Fund. Idyllwild Forest Health Project has been funded through the generosity of the Idyllwild Community Fund, an affiliate Fund of Inland Empire Community Foundation.

Five people in and around the Idyllwild area are still missing with no further information from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department (RCSD).  The most recent person to go missing is 27-year-old Diana Perez Gonzalez from the Hemet/San Jacinto area. Maria Sevilla, Gonzalez’s aunt, spoke with the Town Crier Sunday about the disappearance of her niece…

The Cranston Fire burned more than 13,000 acres of the San Jacinto Ranger District in July and August. It will take years for nature to recover completely from this damage. But the U.S. Forest Service is assisting nature. Charles Wentz, the forester on the San Jacinto Ranger District, already has begun the reforestation effort with…