Tag: Angeles National Forest

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument

 Angeles National Forest temporarily closed for public safety through Jan. 15

(Forest Service News Release) The entire Angeles National Forest is temporarily closed for public safety and the protection of natural resources from today, January 8, at 5 p.m. through Wednesday, January 15, at midnight. During this time, the following acts are prohibited within the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains National Monument: 

1. Going into or being upon the Angeles National Forest. 36 C.F.R. § 261.52(e). 
2. Being on any National Forest System Road within the Angeles National Forest. 36 C.F.R. § 261.54(e).
3. Being on any National Forest System Trail within the Angeles National Forest. 36 C.F.R. § 261.55(a).

Pursuant to 36 C.F.R. § 261.50(e), the following persons are exempt from this order:

1. Any Federal, State or local officer, or member of an organized rescue or fire-fighting force in the performance of an official duty.
2. Persons with Forest Service Permit No. FS-7700-48 (Permit for Use of Roads, Trails, or Areas Restricted by Regulation or Order), specifically exempting them from this Order.

Persons with a valid California Campfire Permit are not exempt from the prohibitions listed above.

These prohibitions are in addition to the general prohibitions in 36 C.F.R. Part 261, Subpart A.

A violation of these prohibitions is punishable by a fine of not more than $5,000 for an individual or $10,000 for an organization, or imprisonment for not more than six months or both 16 U.S.C. § 551, and 18 U.S.C. §§ 3559, 3571, and 3581. 

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Volunteers needed on National Public Lands Day (Sept. 23) in Angeles National Forest

Do you love the Angeles National Forest? Would you like to find a way to help share that love and care for the forest for a few hours? If so, please volunteer to help forest staff and volunteer groups in one of three locations on the morning of Saturday, Sept. 23, on National Public Lands Day! Locations include Santa Clarita and Azusa, CA. Registration is required, as space is limited!

1. Azusa – The Angeles National Forest, Fisheries Resource Volunteer Corps, Pasadena Casting Club, East Fork’s Golden Preservation and San Gabriel Mountains Trailbuilders invite you to volunteer along the East Fork of the San Gabriel River from 8 a.m.-noon. Tasks include cleaning up litter, painting over graffiti, and restoring natural habitats by removing user-created dams. Lunch will be provided to volunteers between noon-1 p.m.
Registration & More Info:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-national-public-lands-day-in-the-east-fork-tickets-713994164767

Santa Clarita – The Angeles National Forest, National Forest Foundation, and Saint Francis Dam National Memorial Foundation invite you to volunteer at the Saint Francis Dam Disaster National Memorial & National Monument from 8:30 a.m.-noon. Tasks include picking up micro-trash, painting over graffiti, and clearing weeds. Lunch will be provided to volunteers from noon-12:30 p.m.
Registration & More Info: 
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-national-public-lands-day-and-volunteer-in-your-backyard-tickets-690488057367
For questions, please call 626-574-5226 or email sm.fs.anfvolunteers@usda.gov.

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It’s official: West Fork reopens on weekends only through 2023
I’m sure this wonderful sign, which I shot right before the Bobcat Fire in September, 2020, is long gone. I can’t quite bear to return to my beloved West Fork, but if you go, please send pics for me to post. I heard it is very muddy and not good fishing. (Credit: Jim Burns)

UPDATE: The bike path will remain closed to the public on weekdays through December, 2023.

ARCADIA, Calif.— One of Angeles National Forest’s roads in the Upper San Gabriel River watershed—West Fork Road or National Forest System Road No. 2N25—will be temporarily closed to all recreationists on weekdays only (except on Federal holidays) for public safety from April 1 through Dec. 1 in both 2022 and 2023. This road closure is requested by Los Angeles County Public Works for sediment removal operations.

The goal is to remove up to 2 million cubic yards of sediment that has accumulated in the Cogswell Reservoir because of the Station Fire of 2009 and the Bobcat Fire of 2020. (Sediment has accumulated because fire burns away vegetation and leaves little to hold soil and rocks in place.)

Project work includes unclogging inlets/outlets and excavating and transporting sediment from the reservoir via heavy construction equipment to the adjacent sediment placement site. This sediment removal work provides vital flood control capacity to protect downstream communities.

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Angeles National Forest remains closed through Oct. 8
Due to extreme fire conditions, the Angeles National Forest, along with six other forests in California, will remain closed through Thursday, Oct. 8. This is because of a combination of extreme heat, dry conditions, significant wind events and firefighting resources that are stretched to the limit, the U.S. Forest Service said. The Bobcat Fire has burned for 26 days and is about 63 percent contained after tearing through almost 155,000 acres. Nine hundred ninety two personnel continue to fight the conflagration. (Courtesy @mrcalparks)
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Not a big ‘ask’ from Angeles National Forest

moek says:

your asking the wrong people. forest ranger patrick everyday does his part to clean the park . problem is the people are animals with no courtesy. not enough of authority up there its sad i know. but people need to take reposnisbility.

Pistoff Fly Fisherman says:

I was just there today. It looks as if there was an air drop of trash all along the west fork of the San Gabriel River. I’d love to say that it’s just an issue of blocked and/or overflowing dumpsters, but it’s clear there wasn’t even an attempt to get the trash to a receptacle in most cases. I could’ve filled a couple dumpsters just within the first mile of the footbridge – and that doesn’t include what was strewn all around the dumpsters. Between the litter and the tagging (in broad daylight!), I wish they’d stand watch and ticket the living piss out of these jerks. We could wipe out the state deficit with one June weekend.

John P Tobin

June 10 at 1:11 PM  · Shared with Members of Pasadena Casting Club - the Virtual Fly Fishing Lodge

Here is a status report from the Fisheries Resource Volunteer Corps president, Dave Baumgartner on the Angeles Forest and the trash.