Hills For Everyone’s September E-Newsletter features three celebrations! First, the Habitat Authority 30 year anniversary, the Land and Water Conservation Fund’s 60 year anniversary, and the close of Biodiversity Week with Natural Resources Secretary Wade Crowfoot. Check it out! View the September E-Newsletter.
We have another announcement coming later today, but we thought we’d share some OTHER good news. Yesterday, the President signed the “Great American Outdoors Act” and contained within that is the (now fully funded) Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF). This legislation was support by both houses (Senate and House) and had bi-partisan (Republicans and Democrats) support too! The money in LWCF supports national parks, forests, and other public lands. Chino Hills State Park has been the recipient of LWCF dollars in … Read More
A shout out to Rep. Gil Cisneros for his work on the Great American Outdoors Act (HR 1957). He even called out Chino Hills State Park in his recent e-newsletter: HOUSE PASSED A HISTORIC, BIPARTISAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION BILLOn Thursday, the House passed the historic, bipartisan Great American Outdoors Act. This bill provides permanent, full funding for the Land and Water Conservation Fund (LWCF), which has supported 40,000 state and local park projects, including the Chino Hills State Park. Investing in America’s public lands and parks … Read More
This is great news! The Land and Water Conservation Fund is a major national conservation funding bill. It was just approved by the House of Representatives. Now, the President just needs to sign it into law. Fingers crossed. 🎉🎉
Just like we’ve done one acre at a time with Chino Hills State Park, the Mojave Desert Land Trust is doing the same thing in the desert. We’d like to give a shout out to our long-time friend, Geary Hund, for his work through California State Parks protecting Coal Canyon Wildlife Corridor in the late 1990s/early 2000s. Coal Canyon is the key linkage between the Santa Ana Mountains and Chino Hills State Park. Geary is featured in the article, which … Read More