EHL Newsletter, Summer 2010 Vol 20 No 3

In Riverside and San Bernardino Counties, two of the three remaining populations of this highly endangered animal are threatened by development.

The San Diego Association of Governments has proposed a hybrid approach to SB 375 compliance, combining land use changes with steps to reduce demand for automobile travel.

Not seen on the reserve since the 2003 Cedar fire, the San Diego thornmint (Acanthomintha ilicifolia) was re-discovered there. Urgent management actions are needed.

The Yuck Factor
Carpenter bee, I thought to myself, as a large black insect buzzed past me, zigzagging along the trail high above the sage-scrub hillside and sun-flecked sea stretching onward to the horizon. But there was something odd . . .

In the media, EHL responded to Earth Day events and continued to fight to preserve Rancho Guejito in northern San Diego County.

Through the Cox Conserves Heroes program, our sister land trust has received a generous grant to help protect and manage wildlife habitat that serves to educate the youth of the community.