Wildlife Sighting
Bob the cat… or bobcat. We saw you in Chino Hills State Park today. Your silence walking through the brush was amazing.
Bob the cat… or bobcat. We saw you in Chino Hills State Park today. Your silence walking through the brush was amazing.
This e-newsletter covers three key topics: (1) Hills For Everyone has expanded its wildfire study for Chino Hills State Park. (2) Engaging in the public process affects change, we encourage you to do it. (3) There are many ways to support our work–consider a gift. View the e-newsletter or subscribe.
If want to enjoy some fun activities this summer… visit Chino Hills State Park’s Facebook page for its list of summer programs. This photo is from a program on wildlife in the hills. Do you know if this skull (replica) belongs to a predator or prey species? What is it?
Several projects near Chino Hills State Park and the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority lands have had impacts to the California gnatcatcher and its habitat. It is nice to see the law is being upheld. Read the EarthJustice article.
A lot of attention is now being paid to the Santa Ana Mountains and its highest predator: the cougar. Check out this article from a few weeks ago on the effort to list this “genetically distinct” population which is facing extinction without additional protections. Hills For Everyone connected the Santa Ana Mountains to Chino Hills State Park in the late 1990s, but more work is needed at the southern end of the Santa Anas. Read the Los Angeles Times article.