Newsletters

Spring 2025 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 3, 2025 with No Comments

Highlights:
Dave Myers, Park Visionary Dies
Local Ballot Victories
Defend Our Parks & Forests
Habitats, Houses and Hardening
Tips from an Experienced Evacuee
What You Can’t See… Read More

Fall 2024 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 26, 2024 with No Comments

Highlights:
Endorsements:
Prop. 4
Measure PH
Measure JJ
Heli-Hydrants Coming Soon
Reclusive Ringtail Found
Important Wildlife Reminder
An Interview with Josh Schroeder
Tonner Canyon Road Still Infeasible… Read More

Spring 2024 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 30, 2024 with No Comments

Highlights:
Happy 30th Birthday Habitat Authority
Key Linkage Gets a New Layer of Protection
Saving 30% of Earth by 2030
We Can’t Do This Alone
Truck Storage Approved… Read More

Fall 2023 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 3, 2023 with No Comments

Highlights:
LA County Steps Up, OC Trips Up
Healing Scars on the Land
Returning Board Member
Fire Anniversary, Wake Up Call
Brea Adopts Tree Policy
Status Report on Legislative Bills… Read More

Spring 2023 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 15, 2023 with No Comments

Highlights:
Bad Road, Good Outcome
Cougar in Our Hills
Why Trails Close Down When it Rains
Through the Eyes of a Bobcat
HFE Board Member Updates… Read More

Fall 2022 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on September 28, 2022 with No Comments

Fall 2022 Newsletter (964KB PDF) Highlights: Chino Hills State Park to Grow Again Leadership in Statewide Effort (30×30) Cougar Crossing Funded Unusual Fire in State Park Yorba Linda Revises Plan Heartfelt Thank You Hearty Congratulations Final Fire Grant Expenditures

Spring 2022 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 31, 2022 with No Comments

Spring 2022 Newsletter (925KB PDF) Highlights: Saving Coal Canyon (Again) Park Grows Again Brea 265 Dispatch Phone Numbers Esperanza Hills Update Fire Damage Repair

Fall 2021 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 20, 2021 with No Comments

Fall 2021 Newsletter (821KB PDF) Highlights: Chino Hills State Park Expansion Protecting 30% by 2030 Plants Mountain Lions Being Studied Loss of Marc Hanson Native Nations Esperanza Hills Hoff Project Ralph’s Club Card

Spring 2021 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 28, 2021 with No Comments

Spring 2021 Newsletter (961 KB PDF)Highlights: Barbed Wire Removal Blue Ridge Fire & Recovery Honoring the Vision – Senate Bill 266 Hsi Lai Temple Esperanza Hills New Welcome Signs Tres Hermanos

Fall 2020

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 3, 2020 with No Comments

Fall 2020 Newsletter (PDF – 773 KB)Highlights: Aera Energy Application Withdrawal Eastbridge 320 acres Preserved Hidden Oaks Update Ralphs Fundraiser Brea Canyon Road Update Esperanza Hills Update Park & Preserve Hours Chino Hills State Park Updates COVID & Our Conservation Work

Spring 2020

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 13, 2020 with No Comments

Spring 2020 (PDF – 895 KB)Highlights: Saving Land at Long Last (Eastbridge Acquisition) County Sues Sanitation Districts Over Park Plans Brea Canyon Road Hidden Oaks Esperanza Hills Hsi Lai Temple Wildlife Reminder Hike With Assemblymember Chen SoCal Mountain Lion

Fall 2019

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 1, 2019 with No Comments

Fall 2019 (PDF – 780 KB)Highlights: Why Cougars Count Madrona Esperanza Hills Puente Hills Preserve Grows We Lost a Friend (Judy Hathaway Francis) Park Hours Change 104 Year Fire Study Released

Spring 2019

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 16, 2019 with No Comments

Spring 2019 (PDF – 714 KB) Highlights: Tonner Canyon (Tres Hermanos) Stunning Poppy Bloom Esperanza Hills Hidden Oaks Matrix Oil Drilling Stalled Significant Ecological Area Ordinance Congrats to Mike Hughes! Diamond Bar General Plan Update 2008 Freeway Complex Fire Remembered

Fall 2018 Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 31, 2018 with No Comments

Fall 2018 (PDF – 577 KB) Highlights: Freeway Complex Fire 10 Year Commemoration Event Esperanza Hills Prado Raceway Welcome Back, Bob! Whittier Oil Drilling Significant Ecological Area Ordinance City of Industry Madrona Diamond Bar General Plan Update Three Easy Ways to Help Hills For Everyone

Winter 2018

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 24, 2018 with No Comments

Winter 2018 (PDF – 753 KB) Highlights: The Wins Keep Coming! (Madrona) Esperanza Hills Mary Hanson’s Passing Yes on Prop. 68 Powder Canyon History Activities With Legislators Burn It Where You Buy It Spring = Mating Season Raceway Proposed Next to Park

Fall 2017

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 26, 2017 with No Comments

Fall 2017 (PDF – 726 KB) Highlights: Chino Hills State Park Legislative Champion Dies Your Chance to Save Land Preserve Hours Reduced City of Industry Shenanigans Continue Project Updates Three Easy Ways to Help Hills For Everyone After the newsletter was at press, three relevant items happened, so this issue includes two update slips on the Esperanza Hills and Madrona Appeals, and the Park Bond status.

Spring 2017

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 11, 2017 with No Comments

Spring 2017 (PDF – 1.02 MB) Highlights: Precipitation, Poppies, People, and Problems Loss of a Leader — Jeff Yann Honoring a Leader — Bob Henderson Madrona – A Light at the End of the Tunnel? Esperanza Hills – A Decision in May Three Easy Ways to Help Hills For Everyone

Summer 2016

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on September 9, 2016 with No Comments

Summer 2016 (PDF – 797 KB) Highlights: Off-Trail Use Damages Park Corridor Project Updates September Shindig Doggy Do’s and Don’t’s Meet Your Neighbors Three Easy Ways to Help Hills For Everyone HFE’s New Board Member Grinstead Gratitudes

Spring 2016

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 25, 2016 with No Comments

Spring 2016 (PDF – 635 KB) Highlights: Linking Lands Means Linking People Madrona Victory Appealed Wildlife Wonders Our Ecological Challenges Meet Your Neighbors Identifying Wildlife Corridor Project Updates

Summer 2015

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on September 2, 2015 with No Comments

Summer 2015 (PDF – 738 KB) Highlights: Tres Hermanos For Sale Esperanza Hills Update Chino Hills State Park Discovery Road Opens LA County Significant Ecological Areas Lands at Risk in Southern Chino Hills Chino Hills Stands Firm Easy Ways to Help Gratitudes Brea Landfill Funds at Risk

Spring 2015

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 1, 2015 with No Comments

Spring 2015 (PDF – 528 KB) Highlights: Early Win in Yorba Linda Madrona Update Trail Access Closure in Puente Hills Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center & Road Update Lands at Risk in Southern Chino Hills Garden Tour Fundraising Event I Heart OC Fundraiser New Board Member Announcement

Fall 2014

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on September 15, 2014 with No Comments

Fall 2014 (PDF – 744 KB) Highlights: Proposed Irvine Company Donation Cielo Vista & Esperanza Hills Update Habitat Authority’s 20th Anniversary Chino Hills State Park Discovery Center Opening November Fundraising Event Hills For Everyone Lawsuit on Madrona

Spring 2014

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 15, 2014 with No Comments

Spring 2014 (PDF – 656 KB) Highlights: Madrona Project in Brea Cielo Vista & Esperanza Hills Update Habitat Authority’s 20th Anniversary Chino Hills State Park Progress

Fall 2013

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 15, 2013 with No Comments

Fall 2013 (PDF – 528 KB) Highlights: Closure of the Puente Hills Landfill Matrix Oil Drilling Update Madrona Project Update Cielo Vista & Esperanza Hills Update Chino Hills General Plan Discovery Center Exhibits & Nursery Why Dogs Howl? Ralph’s Community Card Registration

Spring 2013

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 15, 2013 with No Comments

Spring 2013 (PDF – 1.1 MB) Highlights: Conservation Funding Opportunity State Park Updates Reporting Incidents Calendar of Events Why Birds Matter Fire Study Update Corridor Updates Flowers in Bloom

Fall 2012

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 15, 2012 with No Comments

Fall 2012 (PDF – 1.2 MB) Highlights: Too Many Fires, Too Often Yorba Linda Housing Projects Gift Card Drawing, Ralph’s Donation Opportunity Calendar of Events Corridor Updates California Forever, HFE Fundraiser

Spring 2012

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 15, 2012 with No Comments

Spring 2012 (PDF – 1.56 MB) Highlights: You Can Lead a Horse to Water Matrix Oil: La Habra Heights Matrix Oil: Whittier Calendar of Events National Recreation Area Corridor Updates Ralph’s Donation Opportunities Boeing Donation Good bye to Elden Hughes

Summer 2011

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 15, 2011 with No Comments

Summer 2011 (PDF – 1.16 MB) Highlights: 296 Acre Acquisition State Park Discovery Center Whittier Hills Oil Drilling Calendar of Events Coal Canyon Linkage at Risk State Park Fire Ralph’s and SwipeGood Donation Opportunities

Spring 2011

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 15, 2011 with No Comments

Spring 2011 (PDF – 782 KB) Highlights: State Park Discovery Center Edison Powerline Removal Calendar of Events Project Updates: Firestone Scout Reservation, Shell-Aera, CHSP Grew, and Whittier Hills Oil Project Wildlife Movement in the Hills & along the 71/91 Freeway New Donation Opportunity: Swipe Good

Winter 2010

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on December 15, 2010 with No Comments

Winter 2010 (PDF – 733 KB) Highlights: State Park Access Pass Initiative Edison tower alternative Pacific Heights approved Measure M funding may help save the hills History of the Hills Part 1

Fall 2010

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 15, 2010 with No Comments

Fall 2010 (PDF – 595 KB) Highlights: Yes on Proposition 21 Updates: Edison lines, MWD Road, Arundo removal Shell-Aera Flip-Flops Again History of the Hills Part 2

Summer 2009

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 15, 2009 with No Comments

Summer 2009 (PDF – 518 KB) Highlights: State Park closures proposed Edison Towers proposed through Wildlife Corridor Landfill mitigation fund set for Brea Development projects – Murdock, Pacific Heights Rowland Heights cityhood stalled BBQ fundraiser

Winter 2009

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 15, 2009 with No Comments

Winter 2009 (PDF – 565 KB) Highlights: Freeway Complex Fire Arundo donax removal begun Save the Date Lawsuit against road settled

Summer 2008

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 15, 2008 with No Comments

Summer 2008 (PDF – 770 KB) Highlights: Success stories across the hills Threats to Coal Canyon Wine Tasting fundraiser recap Lawsuit to stop road through State Park

Winter 2008

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 15, 2008 with No Comments

Winter 2008 (PDF – 291 KB) Highlights: Rowland Heights working toward cityhood Shell-Aera project stalled in Diamond Bar Numerous threats to the hills – towers, roads, houses CEQA Workshop Save the Date

Summer 2007

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 15, 2007 with No Comments

Summer 2007 (PDF – 331 KB) Highlights: Diamond Bar’s residents resist Shell-Aera project Opposition to road through State Park grows Success stories abound HFE honored Brea limits development in Carbon Canyon

Winter 2007

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 15, 2007 with No Comments

Winter 2007 (PDF – 469 KB) Highlights: Diamond Bar and Shell willing to rip up the hills Road proposed through State Park New DVD released Saving Open Space II Corridor events

Fall 2006

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on October 15, 2006 with No Comments

Fall 2006 (PDF – 473 KB) Highlights: Shell-Aera project heading to Diamond Bar Chino Hills State Park grows again Corridor Events Ballot Measures Wildlife underpass welcomes wildlife

Summer 2006

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 15, 2006 with No Comments

Summer 2006 (PDF – 270 KB) Highlights: Shell-Aera project tripped up by LA County Wildlife underpass open for wildlife Hills lose a friend – Steve Feld Stricter standards for Brea’s hillsides

Winter 2006

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on February 15, 2006 with No Comments

Winter 2006 (PDF – 405 KB) Highlights: Shell-Aera’s project impact State Park grows New trailhead opens in Hacienda Heights Harbor undercrossing under construction Habitat Authority programs and plans

Summer 2005

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 15, 2005 with No Comments

Summer 2005 (PDF – 435 KB) Highlights: Study says save the Missing Middle Wake up campaign Campgrounds open in State Park Wildlife programs prove popular Blind Thrust fault Brea may limit canyon development

Winter 2005

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 15, 2005 with No Comments

Winter 2005 (PDF – 338 KB) Highlights: Brea fights for the hills Industry loses effort to build road in Tonner Canyon Wildlife Wonders of our region Harbor Blvd. Undercrossing Shell-Aera project drags on

Summer 2004

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 15, 2004 with No Comments

Summer 2004 (PDF – 553 KB) Highlights: – City of Industry’s destructive plans for Tonner Canyon – Hillside Open Space Education Coalition formed – Upcoming events

Spring 2004

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 15, 2004 with No Comments

Spring 2004 (PDF – 560 KB) Highlights: – Great Earth Walk – Habitat Authority – 10 year birthday – Tonner Road would sever Wildlife Corridor – Hike schedule

Winter 2004

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 15, 2004 with No Comments

Winter 2004 (PDF – 859 KB) Highlights: Communities unite to save the hills Hills Lose a Friend – Dr. Jill Kowalik City of Industry pushing road at choke point

Summer 2003

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 15, 2003 with No Comments

Summer 2003 (PDF – 437 KB) Highlights: Shell-Aera Appraisal Bonnie Raitt fundraiser concert Lawsuits on Tonner Canyon and Tonner Hills New Sierra Club Task Force New Equestrian Center

Spring 2003

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 15, 2003 with No Comments

Spring 2003 (PDF – 430 KB) Highlights: Shell-Aera stalling Our region’s uniqueness Room to Roam Acquisitions underway Development proposals – Shapell, Tonner Hills

Fall 2002

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 15, 2002 with No Comments

Fall 2002 (PDF – 444 KB) Highlights: Turnbull Canyon saved Heroes of the Hills Restoration at Coal Canyon Living with Deer Development proposals – Buddhist Temple, Shapell, Tonner Hills

Summer 2002

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 15, 2002 with No Comments

Summer 2002 (PDF – 409 KB) Highlights: Shell-Aera Project Heroes of the Hills Updates on Lower Tonner Canyon, restoration of Coal Canyon Development proposals – Canyon Crest Tonner Canyon Lawsuit

Spring 2002

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on April 15, 2002 with No Comments

Spring 2002 (PDF – 261 KB) Highlights: Coal Canyon saved Heroes of the Hills Did you know? Tonner Canyon lawsuit Rose Hills to be saved Development proposals – Shapell, Shell, Nuevo/Tonner Hills

Spring 2001

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 15, 2001 with No Comments

Spring 2001 (PDF – 614 KB) Highlights: Tonner Canyon Resources Reservoir proposal Tonner Road

Summer 2000

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 15, 2000 with No Comments

Summer 2000 (PDF – 656 KB) Highlights: Harbor Blvd. Underpass Chino Hills State Park Updates on Firestone and Rose Hills Foundation Brea Hills Initiative Corridor Priorities Exploring at night Equestrian Trails Kids Korner – squirrels

Fall 1999

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on November 15, 1999 with No Comments

Fall 1999 (PDF – 829 KB) Highlights: Introduction to the Wildlife Corridor Revegetation work Walking in the hills Acquisition update Native peoples Kids Korner – great horned owl