This week, Melanie Schlotterbeck was interviewed on KFI AM 640 about the Roadless Rule. The Roadless Area Conservation Rule protects lands, watersheds, hunting, fishing, hiking and biking trails throughout the nation. The federal administration wants to remove it. This opens up more than 55M acres for new roads for logging, mining, and oil/gas exploration. In California, that number is around 4.4M acres threatened. Comment now! Tuesday, October 6th is the last day to comment. Go to: Regulations.gov to have your … Read More

The Thursday, October 1st Yorba Linda Hills Fire Safe Council meeting has been cancelled. Please attend the City of Yorba Linda Wildfire Preparedness Meeting from 6-8 at the YL Public Library instead. The next meeting is Nov. 5th.

In 2008, the State of California was facing a massive budget short fall due to a national financial crisis. Cuts were being made to every department— including our Parks Department. Governor Schwarzenegger proposed cutting $70 million from the State Park system as part of efforts to close a $24.3 billion budget deficit. He warned that up to 220 of California’s 279 state parks could be shuttered. Chino Hills State Park was included on this list— but how do you close … Read More

On this National Public Lands Day, we celebrate all the public lands from local, regional, and state parks all the way to national parks and forests–and beyond. Your voice is needed to keep public lands in public hands. From the Roadless Rule rescission which would open up 55 million wilderness acres to logging, mining, and commercial activity to the Yosemite National Park “land swap” for the benefit of a private developer. Stand up and have your voice heard.