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San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Advances

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on May 4, 2021 with No Comments

Newly seated Senator Alex Padilla is advancing the creation of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument through recently introduced legislation. The bill also proposes to improve and protect one million acres of land throughout California. The National Monument includes the western lands of the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor. Read the San Gabriel Valley Tribune article.

SB 266 Gets More Press

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 19, 2021 with No Comments

Our bill to protect more land by adding it into Chino Hills State Park was featured in the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin. If SB 266 is successful, the Park will grow by about 1,530 acres. Thanks to Senator Josh Newman and his staff for their great work on the legislation. The bill’s next stop is the Appropriations Committee. Read the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin article.

March E-Newsletter

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 16, 2021 with No Comments

This e-newsletter covers how the State Park bill moved through the Natural Resources Committee today and how volunteers remove barbed wire in the Park. Also, we encourage you to get involved with the Housing Element updates in your community! Check out our March E-Newsletter.

30 by 30 Campaign

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 28, 2021 with No Comments

Yesterday we participated in a virtual workshop put on by the state that will use Nature Based Solutions to meet California’s climate goals and the Governor’s goal of protecting 30% of our lands and waters by 2030. Nature Based Solutions include: land acquisition, restoration, adding trees in urban areas, etc. We have received grant funding to be engaged in the 30×30 campaign for SoCal–and yes, we have big plans for 2021. Stay tuned.

USFWS Thanks HFE for its Work

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on December 16, 2020 with No Comments

Our conservation work requires a lot of partnerships at the local, regional, state, and federal level. We were deeply appreciative of the letter we received yesterday from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on the 320 acre acquisition we helped facilitate earlier this year. The Service’s funding was instrumental to this success. Your support, and the support of all of our partners, makes this work possible.