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Milkweed Spotted

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 17, 2025 with No Comments

On a recent trip to Chino Hills State Park, we found milkweed. This is the first time in decades that we’ve seen this plant in the Park. We have historic photos of milkweed (photo shown left) and now this new one (photo shown right). Why is it important you ask? Milkweed is the plant that critically endangered Monarch butterflies use to lay their eggs and then when the eggs hatch, the larvae eats the milkweed. This is just one of … Read More

July E-Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 17, 2025 with No Comments

The July E-Newsletter covers:• Milkweed at Chino Hills State Park• Donate to Save Land• Loss of Roland vom Dorp• The Status of CEQA ➡️Read the E-Newsletter.

Help Us Buy One Acre

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 17, 2025 with No Comments

Your support has been vital to Hills For Everyone’s conservation mission. We’re thrilled to share an exciting opportunity: we’re working with California State Parks and partners to secure 800 acres of precious habitat, including walnut woodlands, along Chino Hills State Park’s eastern ridgelines. To make this vision a reality, we must purchase one crucial acre—home to rare habitat—for $11,500. Thanks to Friends of the Whittier Hills, every donation will be matched up to $2,500, doubling your impact! Why does this … Read More

The Loss of Roland vom Dorp

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 17, 2025 with No Comments

We are saddened to report the death of Roland vom Dorp. Roland served on the Board of Directors of Hills For Everyone for many years. A lifelong resident of La Habra Heights, he was a business owner, an avid hiker and dedicated conservationist. In the 1990s, Roland led the effort in La Habra Heights to stop a housing project that would have severed the Wildlife Corridor. He then went on to be sure that Powder Canyon was safely protected in … Read More

CEQA Legislation Update

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 17, 2025 with No Comments

We first let you know about the threat we faced with SB 607, which would have weakened California’s top environmental law, the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Though that bill stalled, similar changes were pushed through the state budget process with almost no public input. The new bill, SB 131 (Wiener), was introduced on a Friday and voted on after just one hearing the following Monday. This bill goes far beyond helping infill housing (as touted)—it removes requirements to study … Read More