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”
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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”
Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. Featured on Blog
Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. was recently featured on The Backyard Gnome, a Canadian-based blog about backyard design, party planning, and now, community organizations. Thank you, Backyard Gnome, for telling your readers about our work and promoting international awareness about environmental conservation! http://thebackyardgnome.com/laguna-greenbelt-information/
Historic $4B Park Bond Will Fund Parks, Water, Climate Resiliency Across California
Last week, among other items, the California legislature approved a $4 Billion bond that will be brought to state voters in 2018. The bond targets multi-benefit investments in parks, water, and natural resources throughout the state. Laguna Greenbelt, Inc. supports the bond because it will help address deferred maintenance in local parks (including wilderness parks),Continue reading “Historic $4B Park Bond Will Fund Parks, Water, Climate Resiliency Across California”
OC Parks Seeks Input for Strategic Plan
The County of Orange is seeking input during the update of the OC Parks Strategic Plan. The ecological vitality of local parks are dependent on the functionality of wildlife corridors, which connects these park lands to other ecosystems. There are also a variety of other tasks needed in our parks to ensure they are beingContinue reading “OC Parks Seeks Input for Strategic Plan”