Orange County Transportation Authority Archives

Restoration Begins at CHSP

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 6, 2020 with No Comments

We’ve gotten some questions about land being cleared near South Ridge Trail in Chino Hills State Park. This is the beginnings of a multi-year restoration project funded by two agencies: Caltrans and the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA). The first is mitigation from a fire in Coal Canyon (Caltrans) and the second is mitigation for impacts related to freeway projects (OCTA). As a reminder, please stay on the authorized trails to keep the habitat lands intact and certainly avoid these … Read More

Renaming Seven Nature Preserves

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 31, 2018 with No Comments

In 2006, Orange County voters approved transportation sales tax, Renewed Measure M, which included funding for mitigation of freeway projects. One of the properties protected by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is next to Chino Hills State Park. OCTA is renaming the protected properties to reflect the natural resource values on the land rather than the name of property owner they bought it from. In many cases those landowners had proposed housing projects, including the Hayashi property in Brea. … Read More

Help Rename Seven Preserves

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 22, 2018 with No Comments

Hills For Everyone is part of a coalition that has protected 1,300 acres across Orange County through a mitigation program, including ~300 acres (the Hayashi Preserve) next to Chino Hills State Park. OCTA is hosting a renaming effort to honor the natural resources on the preserves. Join in the fun by voting for your favorite preserve names at: www.OCTA.net/Preservation. The name will be revealed at the Saturday, February 24th hike on the O’Neill Oaks Preserve.

Traffic Leads to Conservation

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 24, 2017 with No Comments

Hills For Everyone’s Claire Schlotterbeck got a shout out for creating Chino Hills State Park in this article. You could say the apple does not fall far from the tree with daughter Melanie Schlotterbeck featured in the article. Read the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service article.

Conservation Plan Signing

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 19, 2017 with No Comments

In 2006, Hills For Everyone was one of 30 conservation and community groups to support Orange County’s Renewed Measure M (a 1/2-cent sales tax measure) because it provided funding for conservation projects. The 296-acre Hayashi Preserve (shown left) was acquired in May 2011. It borders Chino Hills State Park. Tomorrow, the Orange County Transportation Authority signs a county-wide Conservation Plan permanently protecting this land and 1,000+ acres elsewhere. Congrats to all the partners involved! Read the Voice of OC OpEd.