We are about to send out our Fall Newsletter. It will be published on our website, but if you like to have something in your hands to read and aren’t already on our mailing list, send your full name and address to us by Tuesday (10/1) to info@HillsForEveryone.org to be added.
We are finalizing our update to the Fire Study for Chino Hills State Park. Of these two causes, what do you think the most common identifiable cause for a fire ignition is in our hills? The results were: 43% arson and 57% automobile. Thanks to those that participated in our poll. Arson is the leading cause of known fire ignitions. Between 1914 and 2018, there were 151 documentable fires and 15 of those were confirmed arson!
Our friends at Orange County Coastkeeper are committed to building climate resilient communities and ecosystems. Coastkeeper is hosting a workshop to teach you how to protect your home by creating a defensible landscape that is less likely to ignite. We will highlight simple steps to fire management including the how to’s on creating a defensible space around your home with landscaping elements and techniques. This event is FREE and no registration is required.
When the winds blow, you need to be especially mindful of outside work. Weed whacking on high heat, high wind, low humidity days can spark a fire by accidentally hitting a rock. It is advised that this kind of yard work be done before 10:00 AM while overnight humidity is still in the plants. Be safe and mindful of these extreme weather days.
Here is another letter to the editor that you may not have seen in response to the September 4 OC Register article. It was submitted by Brea resident Eric Johnson. The boogeyman in this battle over Esperanza Hills is not the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). Very few lawsuits are actually filed under CEQA: less than 1% of projects subject to CEQA review are actually challenged in court. To say that CEQA stops projects is flat out wrong. The law … Read More