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Submit A Support Letter on AB 2021

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 12, 2020 with No Comments

AB2021 is scheduled for hearing before the Assembly Water, Parks, and Wildlife Committee on Tuesday, March 24. The bill language is quite simple and direct, view it online. This Committee needs to hear from you. Support letters can be sent at any time, but for this particular Committee to consider your letter it needs to be received by Tuesday, March 17th. Help us complete more of the State Park by sending in a letter today (a sample you can copy … Read More

Chino Hills State Park Expansion Bill (AB 2021)

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 12, 2020 with No Comments

Hills For Everyone is pleased to announce we’ve partnered with Assemblymember Phillip Chen to introduce a bill to expand Chino Hills State Park and require the Department of Parks and Recreation to take the lands it has always envisioned to have, into its ownership. Here are the specifics: Three properties have been identified (two willing sellers and one donation) totaling 1,611 acres. View the map below. We’ve identified several sources for acquisition dollars from federal, state, and local funding sources. … Read More

Presentation in Upcoming Fair

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 11, 2020 with No Comments

UPDATE: Due to precautionary social distancing measures related to COVID-19, this event is being postponed. Don’t have plans for Saturday, March 28th? Have no fear, there is an opportunity near you! There is a Sustainability Fair offered by the North Orange County Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby. Hills For Everyone Consultant Melanie Schlotterbeck will be presenting on our Wildfire Study for Chino Hills State Park at this event. Register online.

Avoid Trails When Wet/Drying

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 10, 2020 with No Comments

As a reminder, please check the website or Facebook page of the park you love, before heading out to recreate. Often times the trails are closed during and after the rain. Please respect trail closures. Why? 1. Trails are easily damaged if they are used too soon after the rain causing ruts. 2. If you get hurt, you are much more difficult to rescue in bad weather and on slippery dirt roads. 3. The ground needs time to soak up … Read More

LA County Parks Sues for Park

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 9, 2020 with No Comments

You may recall the County of Los Angeles has plans for a park atop the now closed Puente Hills Landfill. Things have gone sideways and plans for the park have reached incredible numbers. The Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts has released information on its “park related” obligations now that the County has sued the agency to fund the entire park. Learn more from the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts website.