Puente Hills Nature

The Puente Hills Preserve is home to an intricate array of native plants, mammals, birds, insects, and reptiles, among others, all of whom...

HELP KEEP COYOTES WILD                 Coyotes help the environment.   They help keep populations of rodents and other small mammals...

If you’re interested in citizen-science and birding then this is the weekend for you!   Started by Cornell University and the National Aud...

 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...