The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument
For the 18 million people who live in the Los Angeles region, the San Gabriel Mountains form the backdrop to their daily lives. These mountains are beloved recreation destinations, accounting for 70% of Los Angeles County's open space and supplying 30% of the county with clean drinking water.
They are also precious to the Fernandeño Tataviam Band of Mission Indians and the Gabrieleño (also known as Kizh, Gabrielino, Tongva) Peoples, the original stewards of these lands. Together with community groups like Nature for All, they are calling for the protection of their traditional homelands by adding more than 109,000 acres of mountains and foothills to the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument that are threatened by development.
This expansion not only preserve important Indigenous cultural sites from destruction, it safeguards vital habitat for black bears, mountain lions, coyotes, bighorn sheep, and mule deer. For diverse nature-deprived communities who live in the area, it conserves critical green space and improve trails and access routes to support hiking, picnicking, fishing, biking, camping, swimming and more.