The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors will meet Tuesday, June 30th at 9:30 am. On its agenda, under Item 37, the Board considers allowing the sale/transfer of approximately 10 county owned properties to the City of La Habra Heights for affordable housing. These parcels are contiguous to the very first wildlife crossing built in L.A. County along Harbor Blvd. The Issue Changing the intensity of use from natural land to housing will damage and even possibly sever the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor here. Wildlife … Read More

Western Burrowing Owls are a unique, charismatic species. Standing at only 8-10 inches tall, they live in the ground, utilizing holes dug by other animals. They are also the only owl species to live in groups–forming something of a neighborhood watch. Like all owls, they can rotate their head up to 270 degrees to amplify the precise origin of a sound. They have no teeth, but they are carnivorous, eating insects, lizards, etc. They hunt both day and night and have … Read More

In early May, Hills For Everyone and approximately eight other partner organizations like Orange County Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, Nature 4 All, and Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks all convened to support the Roadless Rule in local National Forests. The federal administration proposes rescinding this rule to allow for asphalt roads, logging, and mining in the most wild places of our forests. This 25 year old rule has protected areas in the local Cleveland National Forest, … Read More

Hills For Everyone understands that at the root of all land use battles are policies adopted by a City or County in its General Plan. That’s why when the City of Brea did its focused update of the Brea General Plan this year, Hills For Everyone offered numerous policies to strengthen the document as it relates to wildlife, native plants, lighting, road crossings, and more. All in all, more than 25 conservation-oriented policies were incorporated or updated in the document … Read More