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THE CHANEY TRAIL CORRIDOR PROJECT
SCIENCE FOR CONSERVATION
Chaney Trail is a wildlife corridor and unique locus of biodiversity
The Chaney Trail Corridor Project is a professional biological and community science effort, founded in response to the potential sale of the 78 acre Nuccio's property in Altadena, surrounded by the wildland of the Angeles National Forest, the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and the Los Angeles County Significant Ecological Area. We seek to protect and conserve the land and natural resources, and provide support for wildlife and the community as we regenerate after the Eaton Fire.
![The Chaney Trail cams have provided a window this summer into the growth of mule deer fawns. Volume-up for the ambient sounds of the Corridor and mews of the fawns. Starting in June as tiny, spotted and fumbly, they’ve appeared regularly. Watch as they move through the deer trails of the Corridor. This footage shows a set of twins and a singleton - one fawn may have been adopted by a doe as well (see one of the last videos where only 1 of 2 fawns has spots, indicating they may be different ages). One camera sits at the top of a steep ledge, a place where deer pause right after or right before a big climb. It has been impressive to watch the fawns learn to navigate the incline. They cascade down with their mom, then come back up again hours later, travelling well-worn paths, persisting in the Corridor.
[Videos are in chronological order and yes that is the fawn mewing on 7/27/26 at 10:44am!]](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/772972063_17952440757239195_5941115525248406910_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=103&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0FST1VTRUxfSVRFTS5iZXN0X2ltYWdlX3VybGdlbi5DMyJ9&_nc_ohc=2NNMvkfy87gQ7kNvwFAH_y3&_nc_oc=Adoa8X8_GpidohZNyXphZz3gzHKj-G3MCmLfs24pLaPQyiBKO6fFXVCotEX5xLjv23M&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=tX9xC3WVpsD-Wtf5RT_Vog&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQLtTHvx8s4CGzl-wNVQsDKHixl-3Hlt8ONSnw8MAatdgm_9XfL8rd3c6rOwGSgYw5U3o8yHCrma&oh=00_AQF_fFjm2SOq6EU_noL7041TxfLjnmyKC41SOO61PBTwAA&oe=6A8377E6)
![Please use our link to send a rapid email - 79 protected native oak trees are threatened by an Olympic development project at Santa Anita Park. The proposed LA28 Olympic equestrian course would remove 34 protected native Oaks, including an endangered Englemann Oak, and encroach into the root zones of 45 more. The private owner of Santa Anita Park has applied for a permit for this work and we have until August 17th to comment. The Olympics are temporary. Cutting down heritage trees is irreversible.
Tell the City of Arcadia: Don’t grant the permit. Redesign the course. Save the Oaks!
To send a rapid email go to:
bit.ly/save-arcadia-oaks
(Link is also in our bios.)
Please follow @arcadia.racetrack.oaks for regular updates
[Drone footage is of the threatened oaks at Santa Anita Racetrack taken 8/9/2026 for this tree protection action.]](https://instagram.ftlv23-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.71878-15/771822590_1704497627520071_4835507543033596032_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=108&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=34akPB7NGaoQ7kNvwGvv5Ty&_nc_oc=Adr-QuZgnUnbIx_ODrYP0w8_U3bYpIsYPQamXR-vyvqhbG0MUOlhlKroEj4ESblVOYY&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.ftlv23-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=tX9xC3WVpsD-Wtf5RT_Vog&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQKZSnV8SWwUH8bk6_aYq_LZnustk1dIc-ZgJNOpO0gJVNBHHkto9wmAgwER_SLgWjt8sZSwBiHw&oh=00_AQHvXIfBh_zNMQjgxLrYxAFO_fgVAQr7hJZ8rrUiPjn7yw&oe=6A837B18)
![Coyote pups have been appearing again in the Chaney Trail Corridor — a small but meaningful sign that wildlife is continuing to recover within our foothill-to-forest wildland after the Eaton Fire. Their presence is another reminder that these canyons remain active habitat, and that Chaney Trail is a wildlife corridor!
[Taken 5/20/2926 on Chaney Trail, Mom spotted nearby.]](https://instagram.fsdv2-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t51.82787-15/704838490_17939070402239195_7607132830473635849_n.jpg?stp=dst-jpg_e35_tt6&_nc_cat=105&ccb=7-5&_nc_sid=18de74&efg=eyJlZmdfdGFnIjoiQ0xJUFMuYmVzdF9pbWFnZV91cmxnZW4uQzMifQ%3D%3D&_nc_ohc=oa9bphULopYQ7kNvwEUHO3K&_nc_oc=AdrI1_SJani97csJtrX0YgUnPCu_lleyxR08Y7yRHeQk3WqGnd2cmtHkz72wjDF_5SU&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=instagram.fsdv2-1.fna&edm=ANo9K5cEAAAA&_nc_gid=tX9xC3WVpsD-Wtf5RT_Vog&_nc_tpa=Q5bMBQIsIYlXFCT8Rc9YzMkwccuOpA5U7XXgVzwsgpnpLpzwZDFRK2L44vS3nr8OcZj3W7PWSo78tHpr&oh=00_AQHDpDqPk0WpvEsE9eTlkuptNTEz81KInzFC5DxVzNSCvQ&oe=6A839376)
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WHO WE ARE
The Chaney Trail Corridor Project is supported by a generous grant from the Rose Foundation's California Wildlands Grassroots Fund
ADVISORY BOARD
Kristen Ochoa
Shana Pallotta
Terry Hair
Dana Stangel
Tina Shaw
CONSULTING SCIENTISTS
Daniel S. Cooper, Ph.D.
Senior Conservation Biologist
Joey Curti, Ph.D.
Bat Biologist
The Chaney Trail Corridor Project is a not-for-profit association organized under California Corporations Code Section 18035
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