It appears the reminder needs to be made that fireworks are illegal in all of the communities surrounding the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor. This is the second fire for the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority in or near its preserves in just … Read More
Our friends at Orange County Coastkeeper are committed to building climate resilient communities and ecosystems. Coastkeeper is hosting a workshop to teach you how to protect your home by creating a defensible landscape that is less likely to ignite. We … Read More
Raise your hand if you would like to be an experiment for Orange County Fire Authority to test out your life and home in a raging wildfire. What kind of non-sense is this? Read the OC Register article.
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
Today we were at the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG) focusing on a study of wildfire, water, wildlands, and policy. The study being worked on is just at the beginning and will take a few years to complete. We … Read More
We continue to work with Yorba Linda residents from Protect Our Homes and Hills on the Esperanza Hills project. Hills For Everyone consultant Melanie Schlotterbeck was recently interviewed for a KCET-TV program. It is scheduled to air on Tuesday, January … Read More
Fire scientists have been tracking wildfires in Southern California and have documented that when our coastal sage scrub and chaparral habitats burn too frequently–those habitats change. It’s called type conversion. For us, the habitats convert from our scrub/chaparral landscapes to … Read More
This map shows the Fire Frequency in and around Chino Hills State Park between 1914-2018. Download the Fire Frequency Map as a PDF.
This map shows the properties damaged or destroyed by the Freeway Complex Fire and their locations relevant to Chino Hills State Park. Download the Freeway Complex Fire – Properties Map as a PDF.
Join Chino Hills State Park and Hills For Everyone on Saturday, July 21st from 5:00-6:30 PM at the Rolling M Ranch Campfire Center. (NOTE: The date changed to due extreme heat forecasted for July 7th) Come learn “s’more”* about the … Read More