We need to have a little talk about wildfires and corridors. We are well into wildfire season here in Southern California, and experts warn that our ‘new normal’ will include a longer fire season that will feature bigger, hotter, and more destructive fires. Here at Laguna Greenbelt, Inc, we can’t help but ask: What happensContinue reading “Wildfires and Nature’s Road Home”
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Civic Engagement: Forum to Discuss 133 Widening Thursday July 5
Have you heard about CalTrans’ proposal for Laguna Canyon Road? Come to a presentation by Laguna Canyon Foundation, Greg and Barbara MacGillivray, and Laguna Beach CANDO covering the overall project and its impacts on our community and canyon. Join the meeting to get information and discuss community concerns about the impacts of the proposed projectContinue reading “Civic Engagement: Forum to Discuss 133 Widening Thursday July 5”
Update: Orange County Supervisors Certify West Alton Project, Receive Legal Backlash
Orange County Board of Supervisors Move Forward on West Alton Earlier this month, Laguna Greenbelt Inc. published an Op-Ed urging Orange County Supervisors to wait to certify the Final EIR for the West Alton Project (a proposed high-density residential development on a uniquely-shaped parcel of land in Irvine). The County ended up certifying the Final EIR.Continue reading “Update: Orange County Supervisors Certify West Alton Project, Receive Legal Backlash”
Why We Need Wildlife Corridors
Imagine if your very existence, and the existence of your whole species, depended on being able to move one place to another. Imagine if having a way to to access food, water, to move away from a threat like a flood or wild fire, meant living another day. Imagine if you just wanted to findContinue reading “Why We Need Wildlife Corridors”
Animated Video Illustrates Why Corridors Matter
Op-Ed: A Bird’s Eye View of Irvine’s Disputed Veteran’s Cemetery – Yes on Measure B
Read our editorial in The Voice of OC this week, encouraging voters to approve Measure B. https://voiceofoc.org/2018/05/brown-and-worrel-a-birds-eye-view-of-irvines-disputed-veterans-cemetery/
Please Do Not Paint on the Wildlife!
Recently, one of our members was working in the corridor and discovered something disappointing: Graffiti artists have been tagging under one of the road crossings along the wildlife corridor. These swallow mud nests have been ‘tagged’ as well. The paint is clearly visible on the nests. It’s pretty terrible that just when wildlife might beContinue reading “Please Do Not Paint on the Wildlife!”
Video: OC Great Park Wildlife Corridor
After Decades In The Making, Great Park Developer Breaks Ground on Wildlife Corridor at Great Park
This week marks the groundbreaking of the central part of the Coast To Cleveland Wildlife Corridor. The OC Great Park Wildlife Corridor will link the southern and northern portions of the corridor, and represents the successful collaboration between FivePoint, The City of Irvine, and Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. and its coalition partners. Read more at theContinue reading “After Decades In The Making, Great Park Developer Breaks Ground on Wildlife Corridor at Great Park”
Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. Celebrates 50 Years of Coastal OC Conservation
Today, Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. marks half a century of habitat protection and advocacy. In 1968, our founder Jim Dilley could only imagine what life would be like in 2017. Initially, he advocated for an undeveloped ‘greenbelt’ about one-quarter the size of the 22,000 acres of protected wilderness parks along central Orange County coast. These wildernessContinue reading “Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. Celebrates 50 Years of Coastal OC Conservation”