Puente Hills Nature

 If it’s sold on store shelves, it must be safe…right? Not always. In 2008, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new ...

If you’ve hiked in the Puente Hills you’ve probably heard drumming on trees or noticed horizontal holes drilled into trees with sap flowi...

Over the last few years, I’ve noticed that the large coast live oak trees along Turnbull Canyon Road appear to have small patches of dead le...

We at the Habitat Authority have gotten several calls over the years from local residents or hikers asking this very question. It is unders...

With winter just around the corner, you may be starting to buy firewood. But besides the usual critters that hang out with firewood, such as...

As some of you may be aware, parts of the Puente Hills Preserve support a rare species of native tree, the Southern California black walnut ...

Surprise! That is what I think every time I download the digital photos from our motion-sensor cameras located throughout the Preserve, beca...