EHL Newsletter, Vol 15 No 1 Winter 2005

Although the projected centerpiece of a 50,000-acre core reserve in the Western Riverside County Multiple Species Habitat Conservation Plan (MSHCP), Wilson Creek may be doomed by the estate lot subdivisions called for by the County General Plan. EHL is working to win this race against time.

A consortium of conservation groups – EHL, Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sea and Sage Audubon Society, and Laguna Greenbelt – have challenged Orange County’s approval of devastating development on the Rancho Mission Viejo (RMV) in Southern Orange County.

The Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve, near the town of Fallbrook, is a field station for San Diego State University. A huge mine threatens the reserve, as well as a regional wildlife corridor.  EHL is defending these resources.

We are pleased to announce that Michael Fitts has joined Endangered Habitats League as staff attorney.  An experienced litigator, Michael will also work on policy matters relating to development and natural resource protection.

What are those things, I asked myself?

Horned Lark

by Jess Morton

EHL’s role in protecting the natural resources of southern Orange County was extensively covered by the press.