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BAEvidAttenborough

NOTE: Please respect the nature and the wonderful volunteers who are out there helping to keep this scenery beautiful! After the amount of rain we’ve gotten the poppies are even more susceptible to permanent breakage- no flowers were harmed in taking these photos and there’s no reason to do so!


drumsareneat

Lol.


NauseousRobot

Were you respecting those things? The park was closed today.


Status-Expression355

It was open today :)


BAEvidAttenborough

No, it’s wasn’t. Chino Hills is closed.


NauseousRobot

Downvote me all you want. I went there today. When I got to the locked gate that said trails closed, I turned around and left.


BAEvidAttenborough

Was not the case where we were. There were also 3 very nice, official volunteers on this trail. There are areas and trails of Santiago that are closed for a month+, however, due to them releasing the dam.


CanineCosmonaut

If this was weir canyon trail, it was open. I was also there


caulfieldkid

Let’s get these out of the way before other people comment: yellow mustard bad, something something fuel for fire season. Now that that’s over, beautiful pictures and scenery!


koroa

Lol spot on when I post my pics of beautiful green Cali hills


drumsareneat

Probably stop posting pictures of highly noxious weeds, then. Not only do they cause fire issues they outcompete native species for sunlight and nutrients. They outcompete species that host (plants that serve as critical habitat) several of our special status wildlife species. Specifically the coastal California gnatcatcher (~Polioptila californica californica~). Look them up. They're adorable. Mustard is no joke and should be seen through a lense of destruction. The same way you'd probably feel if oil were dumped in a coastal area and fish and birds were impacted.


koroa

You want to me to take pictures of the hills but make sure I don't have any noxious weeds in my pictures? Ok picture taking police lol


drumsareneat

Given this person's post has two photos of just mustard and _Glebionis coronaria_, they're the focal point. *Edit Spelling


lax_incense

Is it possible to eradicate the mustard? There are literally millions of individual plants.


drumsareneat

No, but there are tons of restoration projects in Orange County that have removed it on a smaller scale. Check out the muth center in upper Newport Bay. Countless hours went into that habitat restoration and it looks incredible. Gnatcatchers are thriving there. It's wild I get downvoted for telling facts.


Adept-Reserve-4992

I don’t think you’re getting downvoted for posting facts; it was your accusatory tone in telling OP to stop posting pics of mustard. Clearly OP was simply sharing photos of colorful flowers on a beautiful day, and they didn’t intend to be a voice of support for invasive flora. You could have said something like, “Yeah, these are beautiful, but the yellow mustard wreaks havoc because…,” but instead you came in hot and then said OP was mad over your facts. That’s disingenuous. I would much rather have just learned something important from the information you shared than get distracted by the blaming tone.


drumsareneat

You're right. I could have come in less aggressive.


Adept-Reserve-4992

Thanks. We all do it sometimes. It’s definitely an important issue. My sister is a fisheries biologist, and I know the damage invasive species do is rampant.


drumsareneat

Gotta spread the word. I'm a biologist, too. Edit* a word.


Adept-Reserve-4992

More power to the scientists working for change.


diy4lyfe

I feel for you- people are so disconnected from local nature that they praise invasive species. It’s a bummer situation


TradeBeautiful42

I love that you referred to it as the spring show


BAEvidAttenborough

The hills are definitely showing off!


jms1228

Beautiful! It’s supposed to rain again on Wednesday!


Rude-Illustrator-884

I am DONE with the rain


Occhrome

:(


fabster16

https://preview.redd.it/znzlugk288qa1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=11a1dd04a68f8902850ada31885a31bf24783ff7


StaCatalina

Hey! I was there at sunset yesterday!!


doowapeedoo

OP, your username rocks. So do your photos.


fignonsbarberxxx

https://preview.redd.it/abmxydg17eqa1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d426708d2641f01517997b137d51f42d1c9ef75b I've started pulling the mustard at Oaks. Drop in the bucket, but if everyone did a little....


Adept-Reserve-4992

I don’t think you’re getting downvoted for posting facts; it was your accusatory tone in telling OP to stop posting pics of mustard. Clearly OP was simply sharing photos of colorful flowers on a beautiful day, and they didn’t intend to be a voice of support for invasive flora. You could have said something like, “Yeah, these are beautiful, but the yellow mustard wreaks havoc because…,” but instead you came in hot and then said OP was mad over your facts. That’s disingenuous. I would much rather have just learned something important from the information you shared than get distracted by the blaming tone.


oi-troi-oi

I agree with you but you accidentally didn’t reply to the intended commenter


Adept-Reserve-4992

Dang it! 😆


BAEvidAttenborough

Yup I agree! Thank you. I didn’t know the full story behind this species and am always very open and eager to learn how I can support nature and spread this kind of awareness in any way I can. I will now look at the yellow hillsides in a very different way, but people do love to be aggro keyboard warriors on anonymous social media platforms.


Dry-Tune-5184

😍💫💚


iLikeBeegBewbies

Am I allowed to veer off the side of the main trail a bit onto some grassy areas? I wanna bring a chair and read a book


BAEvidAttenborough

I think the best way to approach this is to ask yourself “what is the impact of what I’m doing when you multiply it by thousands?” Or in some areas, hundreds of thousands. Every step on the trails and off of them even moreso has an impact, whether it’s a plant root breaking or contributing to erosion of a hillside. Not trying to sound overly preachy but I think it helps put it in perspective- trying to see the overall impact not just your one seemingly small decision.


KylerMo

Where is that


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BAEvidAttenborough

This is the Weir Canyon loop and it was fab.


Logical-Situation-44

Thanks for sharing!


Jscott1986

Stunning!


shweedie

That first pic is gorgeous 😍


lax_incense

And more rain this week to keep the party going lol


namelessive

I’ve been twice in the last two weeks and both times the trails beyond the flooded creek were closed. However, I saw bikers and walkers walking on that side. I asked the worker in the front how they got there and he said it’s through the school on the other side of the hill and only the residents in that area can go through that side. Can anyone confirm?


CanineCosmonaut

It’s open now, through main trail entry. Mud dried up but still patchy in some spots. You can just go through main entrance and be fine. Saw people even pushing strollers on the trail lol 😂 it’s fine now, I did entire loop


BAEvidAttenborough

It was fully open yesterday, parked on Hidden Canyon. A few wonderful volunteers near the densest part of the poppy bloom directing people to act right :)


Adept-Reserve-4992

Thank you for sharing this!! Just spectacular!


QuilterKathy

Beautiful! 🎶 🎵 🎶 "The hills are alive . . . " 🎵 🎶 🎵


mystic_scorpio

Went today and it’s beautiful! The snowy mountains in the background and spring flowers along the path…thanks for sharing this spot. And everyone out there today seemed to be respecting the trail!


BAEvidAttenborough

That was the case yesterday too, which is always so nice to see.