For those of you wanting to hike/bike/ride in Chino Hills State Park: here are photographs of why the Park’s trails are currently closed. Massive trail damage and repairs are needed due to the heavy rains. Your patience and avoidance of the area is greatly appreciated. Maybe this is a chance in the New Year for you to try another park while this one dries out?
Hills For Everyone is a member of the regional Safe Trails Coalition. The park our organization founded is highlighted in this Voice of OC OpEd, written by Friends of Harbors, Beaches & Parks (FHBP) consultant Melanie Schlotterbeck. Let’s commit to respecting the official trails in our parks in 2017, our habitats and the wildlife deserve it. Read the OpEd in the Voice of OC.
This weekend we went exploring in the Puente Hills Habitat Preservation Authority‘s Powder Canyon Preserve. While it was a fantastic hike, we were really quite disturbed by the number of illegal (also called social or volunteer) trails that had popped up. The Preserves and our natural lands were inherited with specific trails. Only through careful planning, design and maintenance are trails added in the right locations. When individuals on foot, bike or horse, create new trails—the ecosystem suffers. A few … Read More
If you’ve lived in the region for any length of time you know that snakes live here too. They like to sun themselves to raise their body temperature. On hot days especially you may find them on the sidewalk, street, on a trail or even in your yard. Snakes provide a necessary balance to our ecosystem. Without snakes, the rodent (think mice and rat) population will increase rapidly. If you encounter a snake at your house, use your garden hose … Read More
Have you seen the new signs in Chino Hills State Park? They look great don’t they? Thank you to the Chino Hills State Park Interpretive Association for making this effort possible. Forty signs will be placed during Phase 1, with another 40 will follow in Phase 2. It is also a good reminder authorized trails are ones marked on the official State Park map or marked with a designated sign. Those trails not marked likely aren’t okay to be on. … Read More