The San Gabriel Mountains National Monument will be expanded by nearly 106,000 acres in a proclamation signed Thursday by President Joe Biden.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
The dramatic landscape in the San Gabriel Mountains is also home to the endangered California condors. It provides key habitats that support wetland dependent plant species, fish and amphibians, and animal migrant corridors. The area features about 500 native plants and fungi, according to the U.S. Forest Service.
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