Sonome Canyon
Wildlife Corridor
A Lady Bug
Acquisitions
Hikers
Blue Ridge Fire
Owl
Hillsides
Tent
Fiddlenecks

Acquisitions Funded

The Wildlife Conservation Board unanimously approved funding for the 80-acre Eastbridge and 320 acres of the First National Investment Properties lands. Both properties contain ridgeline land and are adjacent to Chino Hills State Park. Escrow is expected to close in the coming weeks.

State Park Bill (SB 266)

Hills For Everyone sponsored SB 266 with Senator Josh Newman to require the Department of Parks and Recreation to take title to ~1,500 acres of ridgeline land it deemed a priority in the Chino Hills State Park General Plan. The bill will be heard on May 20th.

Barbed Wire Removal

The Blue Ridge Fire revealed an opportunity to remove decades old barbed wire which made wildlife movement difficult. Nearly 4.5 miles were mapped and this spring two miles were removed thanks to two dozen volunteers. More work remains to be done!

Blue Ridge Fire Restoration

Hills For Everyone, State Parks and the Interpretive Association are cooperating on a series of wildfire recovery grants each group received. The bridge, trail fencing, and campground sign will be rebuilt and the native plant garden replanted.

Esperanza Hills Project

The 340 unit Esperanza Hills is on hold as the last appeal was lost in November 2020. However, in August 2020, the City of Yorba Linda denied the grading permit for the project's entrance. The landowner is contesting this decision.

Latest News

Careless Humans Kill 1,500 Terns
Careless Humans Kill 1,500 Terns
by on June 10, 2021 with No Comments

We can only hope that future generations of Elegant Terns do not face the same fate as the ones from this year. Can you imagine and entire colony killed because of careless human actions? This is exactly why Chino Hills … Read More

Chino Champion Covers Conservation Funding
Chino Champion Covers Conservation Funding
by on June 8, 2021 with No Comments

Thank you to the Champion Newspapers for continuing to cover Hills For Everyone’s work on Chino Hills State Park. This article captures the May 2021 Wildlife Conservation Board meeting where funding was appropriated for two acquisitions next to the State … Read More

Homes May NOT Be Built in Wildfire Zones
Homes May NOT Be Built in Wildfire Zones
by on June 7, 2021 with No Comments

State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara proposes discouraging home building in wildfire prone areas to reduce the losses of lives and property. Insurance companies have begun pulling out of fire zones due to the high potential of catastrophic losses. In order … Read More

Wildlife Movement Areas Gain Traction
Wildlife Movement Areas Gain Traction
by on June 2, 2021 with No Comments

From Vermont to Montana, California to Florida–the retrofitting of roadways with wildlife overpasses or underpasses is finally gaining traction. With ~1.5 million vehicle-wildlife collisions each year and costing more than $8 billion annually it is time we start providing safe … Read More