Harbor Blvd. Archives | Hills For Everyone

Threat to the Harbor Undercrossing

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on August 9, 2026 with No Comments

At the end of June, the County of Los Angeles was set to sell ~28 acres of land next to the Harbor Blvd. undercrossing to the City of La Habra Heights. This is concerning for a number of reasons. First, the parcel adjacent to the tunnel was being purchased for housing. Second, the impacts of housing, and its added residents, so close to a wildlife chokepoint hadn’t been properly studied or impacts disclosed and may actually jeopardize wildlife movement. Third, … Read More

Harbor Blvd. Tunnel is 20 Years Old!

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 20, 2026 with No Comments

The Habitat Authority manages nearly 4,000 acres of protected open space west of Harbor Boulevard. When Harbor Blvd. was widened and straightened in the early 1990s, collisions with migrating wildlife soared. With the wider road, wildlife needed to dash across four lanes of traffic, not two and those vehicles were now going 60 miles per hour, not 30. In the early 2000’s, with the advent of our understanding of the need for safe passages for wildlife, the Habitat Authority partnered … Read More

Update on Harbor Blvd. Tunnel

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on July 1, 2026 with No Comments

Thanks to all the residents that stepped up to comment on the transfer of land from the County of Los Angeles to the City of La Habra Heights, which we believe impacts the Wildlife Corridor. The Board of Supervisors continued the item to Tuesday, July 28th. This gives Hills For Everyone a chance to work with experts to propose a solution that supports wildlife movement.

Remembering P-22

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on December 19, 2022 with No Comments

The Los Angeles Times did a spectacular write up on P-22’s life, legacy, and death. We encourage you to read it, to understand it, and to support groups like Hills For Everyone working to link landscapes together for wildlife connectivity. View the Los Angeles Times obituary for P-22. As part of the backstory: the creation of the Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing was inspired by the lack of habitat connectivity between the Santa Monica Mountains and the Simi Hills at the … Read More

Wildlife Movement Areas Gain Traction

by Melanie Schlotterbeck on June 2, 2021 with No Comments

From Vermont to Montana, California to Florida–the retrofitting of roadways with wildlife overpasses or underpasses is finally gaining traction. With ~1.5 million vehicle-wildlife collisions each year and costing more than $8 billion annually it is time we start providing safe passages for deer, cougars, elk, alligators, bears, porcupines, etc. In the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor, Coal Canyon was the first preserved wildlife underpass. The second, was the retrofitting and addition of an underpass at Harbor Blvd. More locations are in … Read More