Chino Hills Coyote Awareness Meeting
Here is an opportunity for our Chino Hills friends to learn more about coyotes during a special event offered by the City and Senator Ling Ling Chang. The event is tonight–hope you can make it!
Here is an opportunity for our Chino Hills friends to learn more about coyotes during a special event offered by the City and Senator Ling Ling Chang. The event is tonight–hope you can make it!
There are easy ways to help research scientists understand where wildlife cross roads. Sadly, one way is through roadkill data. The California Roadkill Observation System (CROS), is a project of the Road Ecology Center at University of California, Davis. The CROS system, with the help of citizen scientists (like YOU!), plots where the wildlife are dying and what roads have the most animal-vehicle collisions. You can upload your geotagged photo or submit an “observation” to help researchers understand where wildlife … Read More
While Halloween decorations may be a lot of fun for you and the kids, remember some of them have tragic impacts for our wildlife. View the CBS Interview.
The state bird of California is the quail. It has a distinctive plume and lives in groups known as coveys. They hunt by foraging seeds and leaves on the ground. They also nest on the ground in shallow depressions lined with leaves. If disturbed, they may burst into a low flight.
Did you know that roads—across the United States—kill more than one million animals PER DAY? This only includes animals found immediately adjacent to the road—not the ones that manage to crawl off the side of the road and die elsewhere. That’s one reason why wildlife underpasses and overpasses are so important—they reduce animal-vehicle collisions. Next time (and every time) you are on the road be sure to scan the sides so you can avoid an animal darting out!
Some locations allow for underpasses to connect open spaces, while others require overpasses. Check out this cool overpass in Utah that is reducing collisions with wildlife and is being used by both predators and prey! This is an option here in California for retrofitting roadways where culverts, tunnels and underpasses don’t always work. In fact, scientists are working on an overpass at the 101 and Liberty Canyon, so the mountain lions there have room to roam and the species doesn’t … Read More
This is a good reminder that our wildlands are just that–wild. The mustard has reached 10-12′ in some places, we don’t have the same on the ground visibility that we used to, and that can cause unexpected animal encounters. There have been two confirmed sightings of a juvenile mountain lion in Chino Hills State Park in the past week. Where there are juvenile animals … usually there is also a protective momma nearby. Be aware. We recommend you study up … Read More
A new wildlife corridor ordinance was passed in Ventura County. It is in times like these that we can point to policies and say… “look it has been done before, this isn’t something new.” Sometimes it is hard to lead the way–so a big shout out to the Ventura Board of Supervisors for this approach for our wildlife. (Photo of Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor) Check out the article in the Ventura County Star.
This poster focuses on the impacts to the wildlife that live in the hills from the Freeway Complex Fire. Download the “Impacts to Animals” poster.
Evidence of wildlife can be found all over our natural lands. From feathers to scat, tracks to fur—we know the animals are out there, but sometimes we don’t get to see them up close and personal.