Guest Opinion | Tim Brick: Support the Expansion of the San Gabriel Mountain National Monument
Local residents and communities need to support the expansion of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument to include the Arryo Seco and the other neglected areas. There are two ways to do this. Congresswoman Chu’s bill to expand the monument has passed the House several times but has never succeeded in being passed into law. It is unlikely that it will this year, so the request to President Biden to use his authority under the Antiquities Act to expand the monument, such as Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass advocates, is a much more likely approach.
City Council Unanimously Supports Expansion of San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
The City Council unanimously approved a motion to support H.R 3681 also known as the San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act, which seeks to expand the areas covered by the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument.
Why conserving the San Gabriel Mountains is so important to California Latinos
Although California is home to countless natural treasures, Latinos and other people of color are twice as likely to be deprived of parks, trails and other open space close to home. This so-called “nature gap” and the global, catastrophic loss of biodiversity stem from the same root cause: the destruction and degradation of natural areas in and around communities of color.
Pandemic, snowy mountains draw avalanche of visitors to Angeles National Forest
LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
A record number of people visited the Angeles National Forest recently, the onslaught fueled by 20 million Southern Californians who live within a short car ride of “L.A.’s backyard playground” itching to escape into nature during the pandemic.
Pasadena Congresswoman Joins U.S. Senator to Introduce Bill Expanding San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
PASADENA NOW
U.S. Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA) and Sen. Alex Padilla (D-CA) introduced legislation Thursday week to expand the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument and protect more wilderness in Southern California.
Bill to expand San Gabriel Mountains National Monument could draw in Biden
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY TRIBUNE
A bill that would add more than 100,000 acres of federal forest land to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, while also expanding wilderness zones to further protect threatened species, was introduced in U.S. Congress on Thursday, May 25.
This dirt parking lot in the San Gabriel Mountains is a magnet for migrating birds
LOS ANGELES TIMES
The San Gabriel Mountains loom like an impregnable fortress for millions of migrating birds making their long and perilous journey to distant breeding grounds in the far north.