Bridging the Gap
Once an open space area is cut by roads or housing, the damage done. Fixing a fragmented landscape is challenging. Without connections between landscapes, wildlife mate with their relatives and inbreeding leads to terrible genetic consequences. In 2001, for the first time in state history, we led the effort to save Coal Canyon Wildlife Corridor and connected the Santa Ana Mountains to Chino Hills State Park. Currently, a new statewide effort is underway to build a land bridge across the 101 freeway, which sees 300,000 vehicles a day on its lanes! Fundraising efforts are underway and $38M of the needed $65M is secured. This Liberty Canyon land bridge would be the world's largest of its kind. Hills For Everyone is also involved in the effort to connect the Santa Ana Mountains across the 15 freeway in Temecula to save our cougars.
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