It has been quite a varied week for all of us with the Huntington Beach Oil Spill impacting our coastal lands, beaches, and wetlands. This was quickly followed up by a 22 acre brush fire in Brea and then an incredible lightning storm that ignited a fire in Yorba Linda. Here are a few images we snapped and videos of the latter two events.
Hills For Everyone sponsored SB 266 with Senator Josh Newman to add 1,530 acres into Chino Hills State Park. The bill is on Gavin Newsom’s desk awaiting consideration. Help spread the word by sharing this post encouraging the Governor to sign the bill!
On this National Public Lands Day, we want you to know that Hills For Everyone is paying close attention to the state budget and allocations we may be able to use to connect, protect, and restore the entire Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor. From the California Natural Resources Agency briefing yesterday, here is what we know: $758M available for the Natural Resources Agency and its departments and state conservancies $200M in the habitat resilience package $125M for habitat restoration in the … Read More
Former Whittier Councilmember Bob Henderson has been instrumental in saving the Whittier Hills. Many want to honor his contributions by naming something after the dedicated leader. The Whittier City Council even voted 5-0 to name a trail after him, but Bob disagrees stating that it was always more than just him saving the land. View the Whittier Daily News article.
Here’s a little history: The eastern ridgeline was identified by the State Legislature in the Chino Hills State Park (CHSP) Feasibility Study (1977) as acquisitions that would ultimately complete the Park. It is further recorded in the Park’s General Plan in 1999. By 2008, State Parks agreed to a settlement agreement to add lands into the Park with walnut woodlands within 10 years. That same year, however, acquisitions statewide end and *all* State Parks stop growing. In fact, Hills For … Read More