Hills For Everyone’s Claire Schlotterbeck presented on the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor for the La Habra Heights City Council at its March 12, 2018 meeting.
Guess what? Those very high fire hazard severity zones (you know, the places most likely to burn) are where the fastest residential development is occurring in Southern California. And, interestingly–according to this new study–people in those zones are most likely to start the fires there. Let’s hope the lessons of the Freeway Complex Fire, Canyon 2 Fire, and other statewide disasters bring home the realities of how dangerous it is to build in these areas. Read the KPPC article.
Check out this Op-Ed in the San Jose Mercury on Proposition 68 (the Park Bond Act). As indicated in the article most of the money is slated for Southern California. This is good news for us and the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor! On June 5th, help support conservation locally and statewide by voting YES on Proposition 68. Check out the San Jose Mercury article.
In 2011 The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) purchased the Hayashi property in Brea’s Carbon Canyon. It lies adjacent to Chino Hills State Park at the juncture of Soquel and Carbon Creeks. The land was purchased as mitigation for OCTA’s freeway projects. It is one of seven preserves recently renamed through a voting contest offered by OCTA. Rather than carry the name of the former landowners, the new preserves carry the name of a habitat value on the property. Hayashi’s … Read More
The Clean Water and Safe Parks Act will invest $4 billion in the coming years to address some of California’s most important water, park, and natural resource needs. Let’s protect the California we know and love by voting Yes on 68 on June 5th. Every acre of undeveloped land in the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor is eligible for funding from this measure. We’ve worked hard to get our lands eligible for matching funds as well. Our vision is a connected, … Read More