From Campgrounds to Cougars, We’ve Covered A Lot! Learn about improvements at group camp, how to protect the wildflowers, and why the top predator is important. View the February E-Newsletter.
It has been quite a varied week for all of us with the Huntington Beach Oil Spill impacting our coastal lands, beaches, and wetlands. This was quickly followed up by a 22 acre brush fire in Brea and then an incredible lightning storm that ignited a fire in Yorba Linda. Here are a few images we snapped and videos of the latter two events.
This is your friendly, but VERY serious, reminder our hills are *quite* flammable. So are our cars, houses, possessions–even us–we are flammable. More fires start in the month of July than *any other* month in the year because of fireworks. Please DO NOT set off fireworks in any of the neighborhoods near the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor–they are banned for a reason. Our safety, our lives, and our peace of mind are worth more than any firework display.
Learn about how humans impact our wildlands and their inhabitants and why dogs are only allowed in some places. Following park rules is a must to maintain the ecological integrity of the land. Also, information on new heli-hydrants is covered as well. View the June 2021 E-Newsletter.
State Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara proposes discouraging home building in wildfire prone areas to reduce the losses of lives and property. Insurance companies have begun pulling out of fire zones due to the high potential of catastrophic losses. In order to buy/sell homes, mortgage companies require insurance. Thus, you can see the problem, this loop is unsustainable. And, local leaders have a massive role in approving housing in new wildfire prone areas, but then face none of the consequences of … Read More