The San Diego press covered efforts to protect California gnatcatchers, restore El Monte Valley, and to save Rose Canyon. EHL also appeared on the radio dial.



On August 6, 2006, the North County Times reported on The Bridges project in San Diego County (“Elfin Forest Residents fight to preserve their slice of rural life”). EHL’s Dan Silver was quoted regarding the importance of this site to the Multiple Species Conservation Plan-North. "We're at the point where every bit of high-quality land is important. The idea of the (conservation) plan is to separate the wheat from the chaff. And the efforts to date indicate that this is land that is important to maintain so the present system can be a success."

Similar views were expressed by Silver in the Rancho Santa Fe Review (“Tiny Bird at Center of Bridges Expansion Controversy,” August 10, 2006). “If you’re going to have a preserve system that’s successful, you need to preserve the best nesting habitat for this threatened species,” Silver said. “Our concern is that if the Bridges side is not protected, it throws the whole plan in jeopardy.”

EHL’s efforts to restore the El Monte Valley near Lakeside in San Diego County were covered by the San Diego Union-Tribune on August 25, 2006 (“El Monte habitat plan hinges on water issue”). EHL’s Michael Beck was described as remaining confident the issues can be resolved. “This is a very important legacy for the region, the state and the community,” he said. “It's going to become a vibrant, dynamic system where wildlife will be everywhere.”

The litigation of EHL and other groups over Rose Canyon in San Diego was covered by the San Diego Union-Tribune (“City is sued over Rose Canyon bridge,” September 2, 2006). “Unfortunately, (the city) did not prepare an adequate environmental impact report to assess the impacts of this project,” said San Francisco lawyer Rachel Hooper, lead counsel for the groups. “And the impacts of the project on wildlife in the canyon and other resources in the canyon are known to be severe.”

The San Diego Daily Transcript (“Lawsuit filed against Regents Road bridge project,” Sept. 5, 2006) described the park, community, and habitat reasons for the litigation. "The Regents Road bridge project fails on all counts," said Deborah Knight, president of Friends of Rose Canyon. "It's an ineffective traffic project, failing to relieve congestion in the area. It's horrifically expensive. And it would destroy the heart one of the city's open space parks, a regional treasure for wildlife and for people."

On October 3, 2006, EHL Executive Director Dan Silver was a guest on KPCC-FM’s AirTalk program, hosted by Larry Mantle.  The live program dealt with the Endangered Species Act and Southern California habitat planning efforts.