While hiking up the Bonnie Cove hiking trail January 2, I had an enjoyable time pushing my 3 month old twins up the trail in their stroller and walking my 2 Boxers - until I turned around and saw a dump truck driving about 10 ft behind me. The driver was glaring at me and motioning for us to move over, which I could not do without falling down into the ravine. Once I had a chance to let him by, he floored his truck to speed around us. I reached the top of the trail just in time to hear the sound of another truck coming up the trail. This semi was exceeding the 5 mph speed limit on the hiking trail.
The dump truck and the semi were both on their way to Colorama-who is leasing over 9 acres of the wilderness park from the city of Glendora. According to the city of Glendora and Colorama, the only way the semi-trucks, dump trucks, delivery trucks and privately owned employee vehicles can access the area is by driving on the Bonnie Cove trail. This is a marked hiking trail, which also happens to be the last remaining southern entrance to the wilderness park. Some hikers have heard the city of Glendora wants to close the trail down to hikers so the nursery can take over the trail and use it as their own private road.
Say it ain't so, Glendora city council.


This is wrong and the city of Glendora should not be allowing this. I have never been in a wilderness park that has a business being operated in the middle of it, bringing traffic to the once peacefull hiking trails. I thought the purpose of a wilderness park is to enjoy the natural, untouched beauty of the park- not to make a profit by leasing out parkland to businesses that put up 8 ft. tall fences to keep the wildlife out, have people walking around in hazmat suits because they are spraying unknown chemicals on the non-native plants they're trying to grow, and introducing traffic to a hiking trail. The city is sending a clear message to people visiting the South Hills Wilderness park, which is that the Glendora city council does not care about the environment, because they don't have to- since they approved this situation in June of 2006.
This is the same city council who is willing to approve the 33 1/2 ft. tall building on the corner of Bonnie Cove & Gladstone (which is scheduled to be appealed at the January 22, 2008 Glendora City council meeting. The residents had to come up with $2,000 for the appeal). The Glendora City Council is too eager to represent the developers & wealthy business owners, and NOT the average resident.
Save the South Hills.

Erica Landmann-Johnsey