Angeles National Forest

Face masks and physical distancing are required in all of our offices.

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State of California OHV Grant Application

We Want Your Comments

A public comment period will be held beginning March 2 through May 3, 2021 regarding grant requests that were sent to state officials to help manage some of the only local off-highway vehicle areas located in the Angeles National Forest and the Los Angeles basin.

The applications were sent to the state Department of Parks and Recreation and will be posted on their website. at www.ohv.parks.ca.gov. The funding requests are done annually and this year the Forest have requested grant funds for ground operations and law enforcement of off-highway vehicle recreational areas.

Public comments can be sent via email to: OHVinfo@parks.ca.gov or to raymond.kidd@usda.gov.

Applications are sent to the state Department of Parks and Recreation and will be posted after March 2.

Public comments can be sent via email to: raymond.kidd@usda.gov.

CA STATE OHV Recreation Grant Page

Help the Forest Service Design a National Memorial for the Saint Francis Dam Disaster

Help the Forest Service Design a National Memorial for the Saint Francis Dam Disaster. We are soliciting designs as part of a competition. The competition is open for 90 days from February 1 thru April 31, 2021. The Forest Service would like to open the development of the memorial design to the public, and other interested parties, such as amateur and professional designers, college or high school students, state, city, and other federal agencies, historical societies, etc. Those who choose to participate have an opportunity to influence and/or design the Country’s newest National Memorial, and the second one ever to be designated in California. We are following a similar planning and design process as those developed by the National Park Service, and other state and local governments.
Learn more about the St. Francis Dam Disaster Memorial and submit your design ideas...

Bobcat and Lake Fire Closure Areas

Forest Order No. 20-11 (Updated Bobcat Fire Closure Area)
Forest Order No. 20-09(Updated Lake Fire Closure Area

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Our Response to the COVID-19 Coronavirus

Visiting National Forests

Outdoor recreation can be beneficial for your health but must be practiced safely. Please avoid visiting national forests if you are sick and/or experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. Follow CDC guidance on personal hygiene and social distancing before and during your visit to the forest.

We recommend exercising close to your home and complying with local and state guidance for not traveling for your recreation needs. Stay safe. For more on avoiding COVID-19, visit www.coronavirus.gov.

Virtual Services

This office has moved to virtual services. Please visit us at https://www.fs.usda.gov/r5 and access our forest maps at https://www.fs.fed.us/ivm/. If you need immediate assistance or have any questions, please call 707-562-8794.

Versión en Español

Esta oficina se ha cambiado a servicios virtuales. Por favor visítenos por el internet en https://www.fs.usda.gov/r5 y acceda los mapas de nuestros bosques en https://www.fs.fed.us/ivm. Si necesita atención inmediata o tiene alguna pregunta, por favor llame al 707-562-8794.

A Notice to the Public About Prescribed Burning

The Pacific Southwest Region is moving forward with prescribed fire operations as conditions and resources permit.

Read the news release

Forest Fire Restoration Program

The Angeles National Forest is located within one of the driest, most fire-prone areas in the United States – where human-caused wildland fires are becoming larger and more frequent - significantly damaging natural resources as well as the important human infrastructure on these invaluable public lands.

Not all areas and resources impacted by these fires will recover naturally, so forest managers and partners have launched a number of restoration efforts intended to produce ecosystems that are able to adapt and thrive over time. Projects located within the areas burned by the Copper Fire (2002), Ranch Fire (2007), and Sayre Fire (2008) focus on forest or upland vegetation and stream or riparian ecosystem restoration, sensitive wildlife species management, infrastructure improvements, and other beneficial projects.

Learn more about these fire restoration projects by viewing a Story Map.

Features

San Gabriel Mountains National Monument Plan is Completed

The Land Management Plan Amendment, Environmental Assessment (EA), and Decision Notice for the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument are complete. "We are excited to have this plan to the finish line," Jerome Perez, Angeles National Forest Supervisor, stated. "The collaborative effort with our many partners has been outstanding, and we look forward to continued cooperation as we implement this plan." The Monument Plan provides guidance for the Angeles National Forest to manage the area’s unique ecological, social, and cultural resources for years to come. The Angeles National Forest will now begin carrying out the Monument Plan. Specific projects across the monument will progress through planning and implementation, and the Monument Plan will help guide those efforts. Any project initiated on the Monument will need to be in alignment with this Plan.

Angeles Fuels Program

The Angeles National Forest Fuels program mission is to manage fuels at the landscape scale to restore and maintain fire-resilient landscapes that are compatible with their historical fire return interval, a core goal of the Cohesive Strategy.

Learn more about:

Prescribed Fire
Managing wildfire for resource objectives
Fuel Treatments using mechanical, biological, or other non-fire methods

Spotlights

Recreation Fee Program Accomplishments

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Your Adventure Pass fees have been hard at work. Find out how!