It is great to see our road and wildlife agencies are trying to solve vehicle collisions with wildlife on our roadways. Let’s hope solutions come easily, quickly, and with funding. Read the Public News Service article.
Fall 2019 (PDF – 780 KB)Highlights: Why Cougars Count Madrona Esperanza Hills Puente Hills Preserve Grows We Lost a Friend (Judy Hathaway Francis) Park Hours Change 104 Year Fire Study Released
Last week we had a tour with State Parks of Coal Canyon. This is the ONLY area wildlife have to move from the Santa Ana Mountains to Chino Hills State Park and beyond. It was hard to see it being used for so many construction purposes. We will need to work with a lot of agencies to come up with some solutions.
Another wildlife corridor making the news: the Coast to Cleveland in Irvine. Thanks to the great work of Laguna Greenbelt, we now know that human activity is causing issues at several corridor locations–as is noise and light. A variety of recommendation’s have come out the study and the sooner they are implemented–the better. Read the Los Angeles Times article.
Bobcats mainly hunt rabbits and rodents. They do it with stealth and patience, seizing their prey with one great leap. (However, this bobcat missed…) They are highly adaptable and have been seen playing with rocks and gourds. A mother bobcat has been recorded teaching her kittens where the wildlife culverts are located under the 71 freeway in Chino Hills.