The most recent threat to oaks is posed by the tiny Gold Spotted Oak Borer (GSOB) which is killing mature oaks. They have been found in a County Park in Orange and there currently is no treatment. Infected trees must be properly cut down and destroyed. Only buy wood where you burn it lest you transport this pest and infect new areas. The GSOB is about half the diameter of a penny.
Coal Canyon at the 91 freeway is a wildlife undercrossing below the highway. This version (below) is above the roadway. It seems like a great success. We must continue to connect our wildlands or the species will eventually begin to die out.
Coal Canyon at the 91 freeway is a wildlife undercrossing below the highway. This version (below) is above the roadway. It seems like a great success. We must continue to connect our wildlands or the species will eventually begin to die out. View the Twitter video.
Another twist in the Hidden Oaks property in Carbon Canyon! The landowner has put the property on the market for $66M. The original proposal had included 107 houses but after major concerns were raised by us and others about wildfire and access, it was redrawn down to 53 houses. Prices that high usually only come with entitled land. View the Chino Champion article.
Two public notices for Environmental Impact Reports have been released: the Hsi Lai Monastery Expansion (Hacienda Heights) and Olinda Alpha Landfill (Brea). Further, the City of Brea has two newly installed wildfire cameras. View our E-Newsletter.