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The bill protects significant acreage and river segments—boosting conservation, recreation, tribal access, and wildfire management—while restricting extractive uses and imposing federal management and administrative costs that can limit local development and economic opportunities.
Residents, visitors, and nearby communities gain permanent protection of ~28,871 acres of wilderness plus five river segments, preserving habitat, scenery, and recreation opportunities.
People living near the designated areas face reduced wildfire risk because the bill authorizes fire and fuels management in the new wilderness areas.
Indigenous tribes retain access to designated wilderness, rivers, and study streams for traditional cultural and religious practices and may request temporary, limited closures to protect privacy during ceremonies.
Nearby landowners and extractive businesses (mining, geothermal, timber) lose potential development, leasing, and extraction opportunities because designated lands and corridors are withdrawn from such uses.
Taxpayers and federal agencies face increased costs for administering, studying, managing, and restoring the new designations, and Forest Service plan updates could divert staff time from other priorities.
Local and state planners may see limits on infrastructure, roads, or water-projects in designated corridors, constraining future development or water-diversion projects.
Based on analysis of 6 sections of legislative text.
Designates four wilderness areas in the Angeles National Forest, adds Little Rock Creek segments to the Wild and Scenic Rivers, directs San Gabriel River studies, and requires maps, tribal access, and administrative standards.
Introduced December 17, 2025 by Judy Chu · Last progress December 17, 2025
Designates four new wilderness components and additions inside the Angeles National Forest in California and adds specified river segments to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. It directs the Secretary of Agriculture to administer these lands, complete studies of additional river segments, publish maps and legal descriptions, preserve tribal access for traditional uses, allow limited continuation of preexisting water facilities under strict conditions, and set planning and management requirements for fire, resource management, and recreational activities consistent with the Wilderness Act and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act.