What began as volunteer service in the late 1970s grew into a distinguished career leading Hills For Everyone as its Executive Director. Claire Schlotterbeck will retire at the end of 2026. Join us in celebrating the incomparable Claire, her many achievements, and her legacy at an outdoor event on Saturday, October 10th from 4-7 pm.
The County of Orange decided to spend public tax dollars on a road widening project in unincorporated territory near the City of Brea. The County proposed to widen the two lane rural road into four lanes. This would not only have encouraged development of a beautiful hillside area, but it would also make it harder for wildlife like deer and bobcats to safely move across the widened road. In the proposal, it called for k-rail down the middle of the … Read More
Check out Hills For Everyone’s July E-Newsletter, which features: Helping local biodiversity survive Celebrating 20 years of the Habitat Authority’s Harbor Blvd. tunnel Limiting impacts of future housing near the Harbor Blvd. tunnel Creating a darker environment for wildlife and humans! See the e-newsletter.
In early May, Hills For Everyone and approximately eight other partner organizations like Orange County Chapter of the California Native Plant Society, Nature 4 All, and Friends of Harbors, Beaches and Parks all convened to support the Roadless Rule in local National Forests. The federal administration proposes rescinding this rule to allow for asphalt roads, logging, and mining in the most wild places of our forests. This 25 year old rule has protected areas in the local Cleveland National Forest, … Read More
Hills For Everyone understands that at the root of all land use battles are policies adopted by a City or County in its General Plan. That’s why when the City of Brea did its focused update of the Brea General Plan this year, Hills For Everyone offered numerous policies to strengthen the document as it relates to wildlife, native plants, lighting, road crossings, and more. All in all, more than 25 conservation-oriented policies were incorporated or updated in the document … Read More