It’s Earth Month, check out our April E-Newsletter, which includes information on:🌳 The May 7th Rally for Nature🖊️ The Story of Chino Hills State Park🦋 Butterfly Migration and Identification View the E-Newsletter.

Now is the perfect time to capture glimpses of some of the native butterflies during their spring migration between Mexico and North America. For monarchs, the spring journey takes several generations to complete, unlike the winter journey with a fast descent into Mexico. Here are a few of the butterflies you might see in and around the hills: To specifically help monarch butterflies, report your sighting.

This spring, Hills For Everyone and partners are coming together for one of the most important gatherings our wildlands have faced in nearly 30 years. On Thursday, May 7, 2026, from 3-6 pm, we’ll Rally for Nature at O’Neill Regional Park in Trabuco Canyon to defend the Roadless Rule—the policy that has quietly protected almost 60 million acres of our wildest national forests since 2001. With one federal decision, those safeguards could disappear. The event will include speakers, hikes, activities, … Read More

Each winter and spring, volunteers fan out across the West to count monarch butterflies. Sadly the numbers remain far below historic levels. Recent counts along the California coast show populations hovering near record lows, a warning sign for this iconic migrator. Yet, there is hope when people act. You can join community counts through the Western Monarch Count, or log sightings with projects like the Western Monarch and Milkweed Mapper. At home, plant regionally native milkweeds and nectar flowers, avoid pesticides, … Read More