Bill to expand San Gabriel Mountains National Monument could draw in Biden
A bill that would add more than 100,000 acres of federal forest land to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, while also expanding wildernes...
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. The San Gabriel Mountains Protection Act, authored by Rep. Judy Chu, D-Pasadena, adds new layers of protection by including 109,167 acres of Angeles National Forest land left out of the 346,177-acre monument nine years ago. It also marks 31,000 acres of forest land as newly protected wilderness areas, while adding about 46 miles of rivers to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.