Heatherthepetsitter

06/04/2026

EAGLE HABITAT IN BIG BEAR, CA

Jackie and Shadow need all of us to help save their habitat!

The “Friends of Big Bear Valley@ have raised just a little over $3 million dollars so far ……but $7 million more to go by July 31st.

Moon Camp is in a proposed development location that is in Jackie and Shadow's foraging area -less than a mile from their nest. This luxury residential housing project along with marina slips -according to wildlife experts -assures "significant detrimental impact" to Bald Eagles and endangered plant life. Environmental groups including Friends of Big Bear Valley (FOBBV) have been opposing this development since 2001 and have filed mulitple lawsuits on behalf of the Bald Eagles, San Bernardino flying squirrels and the rare Ash-gray Indian Paintbrush.

The San Bernardino Mountains Land Trust (SBMLT) has entered into a limited Purchase Option Agreement to buy the land and to save the eagles' foraging area on the undisturbed North Shore for $10 million. The funds need to be raised before JULY 31st. After the sale, the Moon Camp land will be in permanent conservatorship next to United States Forest Service (USFS) land.

We all love watching the ups and downs and the life that Jackie and Shadow have developed. The heartbreak when their eggs and hatchlings don't work out and the joy of watching the little eaglets that do survive. It's a true joy to be able to watch their fierce will to live and and to live their life together and get a glimpse of nature and for those of us in So-Cal - so close to home.

The mountains here and the wildlife are dear to my heart and I sincerely hope that we can rally and make this happen. It seems like a long shot, but we can do it.

Thank you dearly for your support.

Here is the donate link

Moon Camp is a proposed development that is in Jackie and Shadow’s foraging area and is less than a mile from their nest. This luxury residential housing project along with marina slips, assures “significant detrimental impact” to Bald Eagles and endangered plant life, according to wildlife ex...

04/07/2026

Sharing for a friend! Please read and share so we can help re-home sweet Olive!

“Olive is 1 year and 3 months; she is 50% Doberman, 25% husky and 25% Sheppard. She is just under 60 lbs. She is energetic, affectionate, loves to snuggle and food/treat motivated. She is potty trained and crate trained during the day. We have had her one year (adopted from west LA animal shelter Mar 25). She is spayed and up to date on all her vaccines.

We cannot keep her due to a situation that occurred with our young son. He was the aggressor and instigator in the situation, she was reacting and defending herself, but unfortunately Olive nipped our son so we cannot have them both in the same home any longer.

Olive attended 4 weeks of training camp at Doggie Do Good (Arroyo Grande) last summer and would be best placed in with an active family with no children or with older children only.

We are hoping to find Olive an amazing new home where she is free to be the snuggly and loving dog we have experienced the last year. She is not aggressive and gets along with dogs (we have a 12 year old lab) and co-exists with cats (on occasion she will chase them, but it doesn’t go beyond that).

We are located in West LA but are flexible on arranging transportation. We would supply all her belongings (2 crates, food we have on hand and toys).”

If interested please let me know and I can put you in contact with Olive’s owner! Thank you for reading and sharing! 🩷

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