Catching up with an old friend: Lundy Canyon

August 22, 2025-

 

This summer, while working on projects in the nearby Bodie Hills, our staff had the opportunity to catch up with an old friend, our Lundy Canyon project, to see what successful protection of this once-vulnerable property looks like three years after it transferred to public ownership.

Today nothing separates the property from the surrounding Hoover wilderness. But that wasn’t always a given: a private buyer who wanted to put a permanent houseboat development on the small alpine lake was under contract to buy the property. That’s when The Wilderness Land Trust, with the help of our partners at the Mono Lake Committee and Eastern Sierra Land Trust, stepped in to purchase the property and eventually transfer it to public ownership.

Check out this short video to learn more about the project and see the lasting impact of your support.