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Fewer Cars, Fewer Wildlife Killed

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 11, 2021 with No Comments

A pandemic positive is that 34% fewer wildlife have been killed by vehicles across the US. Having safe passages for wildlife to get from Point A to Point B is critical to maintaining wildlife populations and genetic diversity. Across the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor several connections must still be made, several must be made safer, and a few are already complete. More money may be available from the federal government to help with connectivity by allocating $350M to the effort! … Read More

Careless Humans Kill 1,500 Terns

by Melanie Schlotterbeck 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 State Park and the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority Preserve have rules. The land is there for the plants and animals first, humans have the co-benefit of recreating there and enjoying nature. Please, please obey the speed limit, don’t use … Read More

Chino Champion Covers Conservation Funding

by Melanie Schlotterbeck 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 Park. View the Chino Champion article.

Homes May NOT Be Built in Wildfire Zones

by Melanie Schlotterbeck 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 to buy/sell homes, mortgage companies require insurance. Thus, you can see the problem, this loop is unsustainable. And, local leaders have a massive role in approving housing in new wildfire prone areas, but then face none of the consequences of … Read More

Wildlife Movement Areas Gain Traction

by Melanie Schlotterbeck 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 passages for deer, cougars, elk, alligators, bears, porcupines, etc. In the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor, Coal Canyon was the first preserved wildlife underpass. The second, was the retrofitting and addition of an underpass at Harbor Blvd. More locations are in … Read More