Spirits of the Wilderness: The 50th Anniversary of the Wilderness Act
"Sound the timbrel," wrote John Muir long ago, but his words ring true today, for this year marks the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Wilderness Act. My husband Farley and I will celebrate at events...
View ArticleNational Recreation Area in San Gabriels benefits cities: Guest commentary
As leaders of three San Gabriel Valley cities, we strongly support permanently protecting the San Gabriel Mountains. These mountains are the backdrop of our cities; they welcome locals and visitors...
View ArticleWater agencies back National Recreation Area bill
A proposal to convert the San Gabriel Mountains, foothills, rivers and half of the Puente Hills into a National Recreation Area managed by the U.S. National Park Service took a major step forward this...
View ArticleCommunity Applauds Rep. Judy Chu’s San Gabriel Mountains’ Legislation
LOS ANGELES (June 12, 2014) - A broad partnership of residents, cities, local businesses, health and environmental justice organizations, community leaders and conservation groups commends Rep. Judy...
View ArticleNational Recreation Area bill for Angeles National Forest submitted to Congress
Legislation more than 10 years in the making that places 615,245 acres of Angeles National Forest land, foothills, the San Gabriel and Rio Hondo rivers and the Puente-Chino Hills into a new National...
View ArticleCommunity Celebrates Rep. Judy Chu’s San Gabriel Mountains’ Legislation
ARCADIA, Calif. (June 14, 2014) - Families, youth, bicycling and recreation sports groups, elected officials, health and environmental justice organizations, community leaders and conservation groups...
View ArticlePresident Obama building a land conservation legacy
In October 2012, I helped welcome President Obama to California as he signed a proclamation designating the home and workplace of César E. Chávez a national monument. The day was warm with the end of...
View ArticleLos Angeles County Voters Ask President to Protect San Gabriels
LOS ANGELES - A new poll of Los Angeles County voters, released today by San Gabriel Mountains Forever on a press conference call with Rep. Judy Chu (D-CA), demonstrates strong support across the...
View ArticleLOS VOTANTES DEL CONDADO DE LOS ANGELES LE PIDEN AL PRESIDENTE OBAMA QUE...
LOS ANGELES - Una nueva encuesta de los votantes del condado de Los Angeles divulgada hoy por San Gabriel Mountains Forever en una llamada de conferencia de prensa con la Representante Judy Chu...
View Article洛杉矶县选民要求奥巴马总统保护圣盖博山
洛杉矶 - 今天通过与联邦众议员赵美心（民主党-加州）的电话新闻发布会由"永久保护圣盖博山河联盟"公布的一项洛杉矶县选民的最新民调显示不同政治派别及种族的选民均强烈支持永久保护圣盖博山。事实上，大多数人士均表示他们愿意告诉巴拉克·奥巴马总统现在就此提议展开行动。 read more
View ArticleLocal Communities Join Congressional Leaders, Call for President Obama to...
Los Angeles - Area residents today will urge officials from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Forest Service to recommend that President Obama protect the San Gabriel Mountains as a...
View ArticleNational monument status is best for San Gabriels: Editorial
National monument status is the best way right now to ensure needed resources to protect the San Gabriel Mountains. Not someday. Not whenever it is that the U.S. Forest Service is allocated enough...
View ArticlePast and present meet in L.A.'s uncertain wilderness
Southern California had its chance. In 1930, two of the country's most esteemed landscape and planning firms presented a blueprint for what would have created, in the words of this newspaper, "the...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Mountains National Monument Will Protect Clean Water
A diverse partnership of cities, residents and organizations applaud the announcement that President Barack Obama will designate a San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The San Gabriel Mountains,...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Valley Community Welcomes President Obama for National Monument...
Today, community leaders welcomed President Obama's visit to San Dimas and the San Gabriel Valley for the official designation of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. This designation came in...
View ArticleSan Gabriel Mountains: spirituality and heritage in the wilderness: Guest...
The San Gabriel Valley is a beautiful place of history, culture and imagination. A little known fact is that the old "Tarzan" series was filmed in the "jungles" of the San Gabriel River before it was...
View ArticleEditorial: How to protect the San Gabriel Mountains
The San Gabriel Mountains are the backdrop of Los Angeles. Steep, rugged and often capped with snow, the range is a valuable source of clean water and makes up 70% of L.A. County's open space. It's...
View ArticleObama to declare national monument in San Gabriels
The lure of a San Gabriel Mountains wilderness teeming with wildlife, rivers and breathtaking panoramas is so strong that it now draws 3 million annual visitors whose presence, paradoxically, has...
View ArticleSanta Clarita welcomes the new San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
I've hiked, fished, picnicked, and camped in the Angeles National Forest for as long as I can remember. My mother had me toddling along the trails after her when I was two. As a child, I would look up...
View ArticleProtecting a California Legacy
It has now been a couple of weeks since President Obama declared the San Gabriel Mountains in California a National Monument, and I'm still very excited about the great prospects ahead for that area...
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