Please Note: These research projects are Adobe Portable Documents (.pdf) and will require you to have the Adobe Acrobat reader to open and view them. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader, follow the link below to download a free copy.

Habitat Authority's Resource Management Plan
     Guiding document for management of the hills (July 2007).

Access Guide
     Provides access points for recreationists and general information about the hills. (6.81 Mb)

The Puente Chino-Hills Wildlife Corridor brochure (1.30 MB, ~7mins @ 28.8bps)


Revised Final Report:  Harbor Boulevard Wildlife Underpass (2.3 MB)
      Prepared by Dr. Paul Stapp and Stephanie Cashin, California State University, Fullerton (December 2009)

Coastal Cactus Wren Summary Final Report (504 kb)
      Prepared by Daniel S. Cooper, Cooper Ecological Monitoring, Inc., Los Angeles (September 2009)

Effects of a purpose-built underpass on wildlife activity and traffic-related mortality in southern California:  The Harbor Boulevard Wildlife Underpass (1.40 MB)
      Prepared by David Elliott and Dr. Paul Stapp, California State University, Fullerton (February 2008)

Habitat Authority Newsletter -- Spring 2007

Research papers on the History of the Puente Hills  Topics include: Recreation, Oil, Ranchos, Natural Resources, Native Americans, and Preserve Acquisition
     Prepared by Claremont Graduate University (January 2007).

Park Visitor User Survey (1.74 MB)
     Prepared by University of Southern California (July 2006).

Bat Surveys of the Puente Hills
     Prepared by Stephanie Remington (July 2006).

Rodent Surveys of the Puente Hills (5.8 MB)
     Prepared by LSA Associates (December 2005).

Wildlife Associations with Guzzlers Provided in a Habitat Area Near an Urban Environment (96 kb)
     Prepared by student Anni E. Bladh, Humboldt State University (January 2004).

Responses of Large and Medium-bodied Mammals to Recreation Activities:  the Colima Road Underpass (5.1 MB)
     By Chris Haas and Greta Turschak, USGS Western Ecological Research Center (2002).

Monitoring Reptiles and Amphibians at Long-Term Biodiversity Stations: The Puente-Chino Hills (3.5 MB)
     Prepared by United States Geological Survey (2002).

Breeding landbirds of a highly threatened open space:  The Puente-Chino Hills, California (380 kb)
     By Daniel S. Cooper, The Audubon Center (2000).

Summary of avian resources of the Puente-Chino Hills corridor (1 MB)
     By Thomas A. Scott and Daniel S. Cooper, University of California, Riverside (January 1999).

Carnivore Abundance & Distribution Throughout the Puente/Chino Hills (4 MB)
     By Chris Haas (CSPU, Pomona) and Kevin Crooks (UCSD)  (1999).

Other Resources

The DVD or video Living on the Urban Edge: The Co-existence of People and Wildlife
     Available by contacting the Habitat Authority.

The DVD Saving Open Space II: The Missing Middle of the Puente-Chino Hills Wildlife Corridor
     Available at your local library or by contacting Hills For Everyone 714-687-1555.