美國又一處國家紀念園廣迎國際遊客

A sunset like this one in California’s San Gabriel Mountains might await visitors to the newest U.S. National monument, designated by President Obama on October 10.

歐巴馬總統宣佈加利福尼亞州（California）聖加布裏埃爾山脈（San Gabriel Mountains）爲美國國家紀念園。

Obama used his authority under the United States’ Antiquities Act to permanently protect 140, 093 hectares of national forest land in Southern California’s San Gabriel Mountains, whose peaks frame the Los Angeles skyline. The action increases access and outdoor opportunities for visitors to the popular recreation destination, which offers hundreds of kilometers of hiking, mountain biking, motorized vehicle and equestrian trails, as well as campgrounds.

歐巴馬總統根據美國文物法（Antiquities Act）授權宣佈南加利福尼亞州聖加布裏埃爾山脈140,093公頃的國家林地受到永久保護。在聖加布裏埃爾山脈錯落有致的峯巒襯托下，洛杉磯（Los Angeles）的城市風景線如同鑲嵌在鏡框中的圖畫。從此，四方遊客可以得到更多的途徑進入著名的休閒景點，也能夠從事更多的戶外活動。這裏有蜿蜒數百公里的小道，供人們從事徒步遠足、山地自行車運動、摩托車越野、騎馬活動等，也可以就地野營。

The area is rich in history, with more than 600 archeologically and culturally significant sites, such as the Aliso-Arrastre Special Interest Area, which features rock art and cupules that exemplify more than 8, 000 years of Native American history. It is also home to the Mount Wilson Observatory, where Edwin Hubble discovered galaxies beyond the Milky Way and Albert Michelson provided the first modern measurement of the speed of light.

這個地區的歷史內涵十分豐富，有600多處具有重要人類學和文化意義的景點，例如艾利索-阿拉斯特特色區（Aliso-Arrastre Special Interest Area）以岩石藝術和凹穴巖畫爲特徵，充分反映了美洲原住民8,000多年的歷史。這裏還是威爾遜天文臺（Mount Wilson Observatory）的所在地。在這裏，埃德溫·哈布爾（Edwin Hubble）發現了銀河（Milky Way）以外的宇宙，阿爾伯特·邁克爾遜（Albert Michelson）第一次以現代手段測量光速。

Since President Theodore Roosevelt designated Devils Tower National Monument in Wyoming in 1906, the Antiquities Act has been used by 16 presidents to protect unique natural and historic features in America, including the Grand Canyon, the Statue of Liberty and Alaska’s Admiralty Island National Monument. President Obama has previously used his authority under the act to create or expand 12 other national monuments, including, in September, the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument in the south-central Pacific Ocean — the world’s largest marine reserve that is completely off-limits to commercial resource extraction.

自西奧多· 羅斯福（Theodore Roosevelt）總統於1906年宣佈懷俄明州（Wyoming）魔鬼塔國家紀念園（ Devils Tower NationalMonument ）以來，已經有16位總統行使這項權力保護美國獨特的自然和歷史風貌，如大峽谷（Grand Canyon）、自由女神像（Statue of Liberty）和阿拉斯加州（Alaska）阿德默勒爾蒂島國家紀念園（Admiralty Island National Monument）。

With his designation of the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument, Obama has protected more than 105 million hectares of land and water, more than any other president since the Antiquities Act became law in 1906.

聖加布裏埃爾山脈（San Gabriel Mountains）成爲美國國家紀念園以後，歐巴馬總統宣佈的受保護區域已達1.5億公頃的陸地和水域，超過了自文物法生效以來任何其他總統宣佈的受保護面積。