On the afternoon of May 22, a wildfire sparked next to Highway 395 near the Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve in the Eastern Sierra Nevada, causing major damage to the reserve’s infrastructure. The Inn Fire took off quickly, fueled by high and erratic winds that caused it to jump across the highway, where flames burned into the reserve. … Officials are still assessing the extent of the damage caused by the Inn Fire. One home burned down soon after the fire ignited, and flames destroyed vegetation in the Inyo National Forest, burning up toward the mountains. In the state reserve, Jackson said flames burned into protected wetland habitat and around the tufas. But the tufas are undamaged, she noted. … The California State Parks Sierra District is working with local land managers and other partners to plan how to rebuild the boardwalk and the interpretative signs that were lost in the fire.