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Diving into Español, rivers and outreach: The 411 on our first Public Lands Fellow

May 24, 2012 By Annette Kondo

Fabiola Lao on a San Juan River trip (before the raft tipped over...twice!)

Credit: Michael Carroll

Fabiola Lao is the first Public Lands Fellow at The Wilderness Society.  Since June 2011 she has been based in the Los Angeles office working on the San Gabriel Mountains Forever campaign. As her year comes to an end, and before she heads to the Sierra Club to continue working on San Gabriel Mountains Forever, Fabiola dished about her fellowship. Region:  California Read more

White House comes to LA's San Gabriel Mountains for America's Great Outdoors

July 13, 2010 By Emily Diamond-Falk

America's Great Outdoors San Gabriel Mountains Listening Session. Photo by Sam Goldman.

On July 7, under a big white tent overlooking a lake, east of downtown Los Angeles, a standing room crowd of nearly 400 people turned out to help protect and preserve the San Gabriel Mountains and rivers as part of President Obama’s America’s Great Outdoors conservation initiative. Read more

Poll: Californians favor wilderness protections in San Gabriel Mountains

August 19, 2009 By Daniel Rossman

Wildflower in San Gabriel Mountains. Photo by Annette Kondo.

The old growth Jeffrey Pines that take root atop one of the most rugged mountain ranges in the country aren’t what immediately comes to mind when one thinks of the Los Angeles area. But these beautiful peaks of the San Gabriel Mountains are just an hour’s drive away for more than 17 million people. Read more