From our partners and friends at Trout Unlimited and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers comes a call to action to protect one of the West Coast's historic populations of wild trout. President Biden issued a proclamation expanding the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, in the Angeles National Forest in southern California. Trout Unlimited (TU) and Backcountry Hunters and Anglers (BHA) cheered this action, which has been strongly supported by conservation-focused angling and hunting organizations.

This action adds over 109,000 acres to the monument and will help protect and sustain terrestrial and aquatic habitats, water sources, and sporting and recreational opportunities. In particular, the monument expansion will better protect tributary streams to the West Fork of San Gabriel River, a popular trout fishery, and a population of native rainbow trout with remnant genes of the southern steelhead, now one of California’s rarest native fishes.

Read the entire Press Release here and learn how to get involved today.

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