LOSS
OF PETER’S CANYON
We, the
residence of Cowan Heights are greatly saddened by the loss of Peter’s Canyon
Wildlife Reserve by the October, 2017 Orange County “Canyon Fire”. Because this fire struck at the same time the
northern California fire was burning, much of the fire fighting reserves were
gone. In years past, the P.C. Reserve
was immediately covered and protected when any fire threatened its acreage. Although
all the homes and most of the foliage of Cowan Heights were spared, we feel the
loss of the reserve. The regional park
encompassed 354 Acres.
Gini has provided the history of the reserve and many pictures of the wildlife in the Canyon story written for guests. You may be wondering where the animals, large and small went during the fire. Many were lost. Others scurried and ran for their lives and now live in the neighborhood of Cowan Heights and other local home developments. We hope that in the next few years this amazing reserve will come back with new animals and foliage.
In the
meantime, look through these pages in the story provided for guests in O.H. and you will see our loss and hopefully pray
for recovery.
Charlie and Gini Walker
As of the writing of this post, parts of Peter's Canyon have re opened for hikers and visitors. The destruction caused by the fire is still evident, but the foliage is slowly returning. We pray this kind of destruction by fire will never happen again.
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