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N LEGEND RD ACCESSIBLE PARKING s Habitat Authority SPACE AVAILABLE ow r P WORKMAN MILL PARKING AREA AND r E a n J o s Detailed trail maps are available at each C e a r S P ACCESS PROVIDED e K C N v r trailhead and at the Habitat Authority’s r i e e web site: www.habitatauthority.org LANDS OWNED OR e k i R VE MANAGED BY THE t A SCALE: t l R HABITAT AUTHORITY i AY D Hacienda Hills 1 : 46,200 h e Sycamore Canyon LOS ANGELES COUNTY i ente (1 INCH = 3,850 FEET) W Pu Hi EEW S lls Hellman Park DEPARTMENT OF PARKS (1-3/8 INCHES = 1 MILE) r R C La CANYON RD F H nd Arroyo Pescadero AND RECREATION b RIO HONDO A fi a COMMUNITY BA ll Workman- Powder Canyon COLLEGE RUM Temple OTHER OPEN SPACE G T R ORANGE GROVE Homestead A L.A. COUNTY SCHABARUM I n L RD RIDING & HIKING TRAIL Rose Hills SEVENTH a 605 TURNBULL S Memorial Park VD DESIGNATED Rowland-Dibble 60 BL RIDING & HIKING TRAIL P AVE Museum BICYCLES NOT PERMITTED a s d ll Hacienda PO cien i M Syc n on Ha H ON DOGS NOT PERMITTED P amore Canyo Dark Cany Heights A BEVERL AZUSA VD Hellman F yon REEW Park an AY ALK BL Y C HACIENDA Pio Pico W BL ll State Historic bu VD rn COLIMA ROAD Park NOR ORANGE DR P Tu RD J U A N B yon A Can U TISTA P HADLEY ST m ha rs SAVAGE DE e AN o CANYON d ZA Schabarum r NATI W LANDFILL O VE N e A Regional L A V ON H VE Park T Whittier a IS A T d ORIC AIL Trailview Rowland a TR College ION RO n T U REA TE Park a C ero RE C ad Heights c FULLER a es AINTER P L P n Migu owd D P a e e R GREENLEAF o P S l r DE R y yo HFIN ro o C PAT WHITTIER r rr an A yon A P LOCATION MAP P Pathfinder LOS ANGELES Park COUNTY RD Hacienda 5 WESTERN SAN LA HABRA VENTURA Golf Club PUENTE HILLS BERNARDINO COUNTY COUNTY HEIGHTS Los 605 57 D Angeles 10 COLIMA V RD L 60 B 110 WHITTIER 91 R RIVERSIDE O Brochure produced by the Puente Hills Landfill B COUNTY Native Habitat Preservation Authority in R BREA A BLVD HACIENDA 5 collaboration with the National Park Service, H PACIFIC OCEAN ORANGE CO. Rivers, Trails & Conservation Assistance Program. Printed on recycled paper using soy based ink. (April 2010) History and the Puente Hills Flora & Fauna of the Puente Hills Riparian vegetation grows where The hills were formed over millions of years as water flows. Dense tree cover Wildlife in the Puente Hills includes distinct and lush growth might include land along the north edge of the communities of plants which are uniquely Whittier-Elsinore fault was pushed upward by coast live oak, western sycamore, adapted to the environment, and animals that arroyo willow and mulefat. These seismic forces. The hills are also shaped by depend upon these plants and other animals. continuous erosion, caused by rain and wind. species can be found along streambeds Sycamore Canyon, The hills rise from an elevation of Flora, or plant life, consists of groups known to WESTERN Hacienda Hills, Powder Canyon approximately 400 feet in Whittier and biologists as coastal sage scrub, chaparral, oak SYCAMORE and Arroyo San Miguel. Hacienda Heights, to a summit of more than woodlands, riparian vegetation (found along a 1,400 feet above sea level in La Habra Heights. creek or stream), and walnut woodlands. Walnut woodlands exist in The First People Coastal sage scrub is a very pockets, with the California CALIFORNIA black walnut being predominant, The Puente Hills and all surrounding lands threatened community in the SAGEBRUSH were first populated by the Tongva, who came southern California landscape. sometimes growing amongst to be known as "Gabrieleños" (or children of The hardy plants making up this chaparral species such as toyon Gabriel) by Spanish explorers and settlers. community are commonly found on and elderberry. These plants They preferred to live in valleys, building gentle, rolling, south-facing slopes provide important food sources villages near reliable sources of water. The with maximum exposure to the for birds and other wildlife. CALIFORNIA hills were revered for abundant wildlife sun. These plants are shallow Walnut woodlands are found in BLACK WALNUT resources, and regarded as sacred places. rooted. To get through the summer Powder Canyon. drought, plants go dormant and lose their leaves, The Age of Exploration developing a brown appearance in summer and Fauna, or animal life, includes numerous The Spanish expeditions of Gaspar de Portola fall. Plant species include purple and black varieties of insects, reptiles, birds and mammals. and Juan Bautista de Anza passed through the sages, California buckwheat, California encelia The Puente Hills are part of a biological system San Gabriel Valley just north of the Puente and California sagebrush. This rare community is that extends from the Whittier Narrows and San Hills. The Portola expedition passed through protected by state and federal regulations. The Gabriel River to the Chino Hills, Santa Ana River the eastern Puente Hills, near Brea Canyon. preserve includes splendid examples of coastal and Mountains. Today, Los Angeles County's Schabarum Trail sage scrub in Sycamore Canyon, Hellman Park, is a recreation route associated with the Juan the Arroyo San Miguel, and Powder Canyon. Mountain Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail, a unit Gray fox of the National Park Service. Raccoon Lion Chaparral grows under the Early Settlers same conditions as coastal sage scrub, yet includes large, Coyote Under the era of Mexican government in woody shrubs that often grow in dense thickets. Individual California, the hills became parts of the vast Mule deer ranchos tended by William Workman, F.P.F. species include elderberry, Bobcat Temple, John Rowland and Pio Pico. laurel sumac, lemonade berry and toyon. The best stands of Mammals vary from rodents, such as the The Modern Era chaparral are found in the California ground squirrel, dusky-footed woodrat, TOYON Hacienda Hills, Arroyo San and brush rabbit, to small carnivores including Rugged terrain, unstable slopes, limited Miguel and Powder Canyon. the gray fox, coyote and bobcat, and large access, and a lack of water made the hills carnivores like the California mountain lion. The difficult to develop in modern times, but the mule deer is the largest herbivore found in the land's geologic history made it valuable for Oak woodlands are comprised of Puente Hills. These are all shy and secretive another purpose: oil extraction. Large tracts of tall coast live oaks growing along creatures by nature, but if you look carefully, you land were once owned by corporations such as the slopes and flat grasslands of may find evidence of their presence. Unocal, Chevron and Standard Oil. Some of Powder Canyon, Hacienda Hills, those lands are now owned or managed by the and Turnbull Canyon. IMAGES OF PLANT LIFE COPYRIGHT 1925 BY WILLIS LINN JEPSON Habitat Authority. COAST LIVE OAK & UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS. USED WITH PERMISSION. LEAF & ACORN FLORAL DATA: DR. CHERYL SWIFT, WHITTIER COLLEGE, 1997. E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: (562) 698-1446 (562) Web site: www.habitatauthority.org site: Web 24-hour ranger dispatch: ranger 24-hour Whittier, CA 90602 (562) 945-9003 (562) 90602 CA Whittier, protected by law enforcement officers. enforcement law by protected 7702 Washington Ave. Suite C Suite Ave. Washington 7702 Habitat Authority lands are actively patrolled and and patrolled actively are lands Authority Habitat Native Habitat Preservation Authority Preservation Habitat Native Pack it out. it Pack Pack it in? in? it Pack Puente Hills Landfill Hills Puente prohibited. weapons is is other and guns air compressed For more information, please contact: please information, more For Possession of Possession firearms, bows and arrows, arrows, and bows firearms, others may enjoy these resources. these enjoy may others Guide Revenue Service Code Section 170. Section Code Service Revenue artifacts must not be removed or disturbed, so that that so disturbed, or removed be not must artifacts deducted from income taxes under Internal Internal under taxes income from deducted Rocks, trees, flowers, and other objects or or objects other and flowers, trees, Rocks, Donations to the Habitat Authority can be be can Authority Habitat the to Donations an adult at all times. all at adult an pets should be accompanied and supervised by by supervised and accompanied be should pets and Mountains. and Access Wild animals may be dangerous. Children and and Children dangerous. be may animals Wild Ocean, Catalina Island, and San Gabriel Valley Valley Gabriel San and Island, Catalina Ocean, offer, and enjoy spectacular views of the Pacific Pacific the of views spectacular enjoy and offer, conditions defined by National Weather Service. Weather National by defined all ages enjoy the trails that the hills have to to have hills the that trails the enjoy ages all hours after rains and during “red flag” flag” “red during and rains after hours prohibited within 48 48 within prohibited Access Hikers, cyclists, bird watchers and equestrians of of equestrians and watchers bird cyclists, Hikers, to park lands is is lands park to sunrise to sunset. to sunrise from from move through the landscape. the through move open to the public public the to are lands Authority Habitat and corridors that allow wildlife to continue to to continue to wildlife allow that corridors and P permitted.