There are quite a few helpful tips for homeowners on how to harden your home, including suggestions on: roof tops, windows, vegetation, gutters, decks, chimneys, fencing, etc. Brush clearance helps, but hardening your home provides fewer places for embers to … Read More
We did a tour of Chino Hills State Park yesterday with park staff. We’ve lightened this photo to help you find the special guest… can you see it?
Nothing says spring quite like baby animals. Sometimes these animals use our yards as “home,” so keep that in mind as you tend to your garden.
Remember to stay on designated trails and avoid trampling the flowers (even for that perfect photo/selfie), because future blooms won’t happen. This article helps explain why. Read this Bay Nature article.
Looking for an Earth Day event to participate in locally? Join the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority for its April 27th Earth Day event at Powder Canyon. Learn more about this event online.
Yes, we agree, people like living in and near nature. It provides recreational opportunities close to home, it increases property values, and it is beautiful. However, we would encourage the Newsom Administration to look at incorporating wildfire science and wildfire … Read More
Proud to see an Earth Day event organized by California State Parks Foundation with volunteers from Southern California Edison and Target. Chino Hills State Park.
From a recent hike in Sycamore Canyon (Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority) where the stream was flowing, frogs were croaking, and birds chirping.
We were honored to participate in a reception to introduce Southern California conservation non-profits to the new Secretary of Natural Resources Wade Crowfoot. The Natural Resources Agency oversees the California Department of Parks and Recreation. It was a beautiful evening … Read More
Time for another flower photo… in honor of all the (non-native) yellow we are seeing on the hills, here is a California native: California golden violet. Looks like a pansy, eh?