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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