I find the boundary a bit weird (at-least on the map I saw). It encased the west and east fork of the SGR and it encased the baldy/icehouse area. What I find weird is that it encases the back of the San Gabriels which is pretty remote, an area that does not become flocked with flip flop hikers each weekend. Yet it does not encases the front range! It's the front range (like Eaton Canyon and the Santa Anita Canyons) that need the "help" the NM status will provide.
So, interesting boundary...
I have mixed feelings on the subject and I see both points of view.
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