Environmental Mitigation Program Archives

CHSP Restoration

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 10, 2026 with No Comments

Three cheers to the Orange County Transportation Authority, California State Parks, Habitat Restoration Sciences, Inc., and @DudekInc for completing a restoration project near South Ridge in Chino Hills State Park. The restoration work included 11 acres of cactus scrub and is part of the Authority’s Renewed Measure M Environmental Mitigation Program which funds habitat acquisition, restoration, and management to offset freeway impacts.

New Preserve Name Revealed

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on March 8, 2018 with No Comments

In 2011 The Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) purchased the Hayashi property in Brea’s Carbon Canyon. It lies adjacent to Chino Hills State Park at the juncture of Soquel and Carbon Creeks. The land was purchased as mitigation for OCTA’s freeway projects. It is one of seven preserves recently renamed through a voting contest offered by OCTA. Rather than carry the name of the former landowners, the new preserves carry the name of a habitat value on the property. Hayashi’s … Read More

Renaming Seven Nature Preserves

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on January 31, 2018 with No Comments

In 2006, Orange County voters approved transportation sales tax, Renewed Measure M, which included funding for mitigation of freeway projects. One of the properties protected by the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) is next to Chino Hills State Park. OCTA is renaming the protected properties to reflect the natural resource values on the land rather than the name of property owner they bought it from. In many cases those landowners had proposed housing projects, including the Hayashi property in Brea. … Read More

State Parks Manages Hayashi Preserve for OCTA

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 28, 2017 with No Comments

Continued press on the OCTA Environmental Mitigation Program success. Chino Hills State Park manages 296 acres adjacent to the park that was purchased as part of this program. Congrats again! And, thanks to Friends of Harbors, Beaches & Parks (FHBP) for the leadership.

Lands Permanently Preserved

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 21, 2017 with No Comments

It isn’t everyday that you can celebrate a BIG conservation achievement. In unprecedented partnerships with transportation agencies, wildlife agencies, and the conservation community Hills For Everyone and many others celebrate a major milestone 12 years in the making. Conservation Plans permanently protecting 1,300 acres of land and restoring 350 acres were finalized. This team effort deserves a few photos!