Much like the Appalachia which is known for its rugged landscape, the Cleveland National Forest is a protected forest area in Orange County. It consists most of the Santa Ana Mountains and is bisected by the Ortega Highway, which runs from San Juan Capistrano to Lake Elsinore. It was on July 1, 1908 President Theodore Roosevelt signed a declaration that created the Cleveland National Forest. I now provides habitat for native wildlife (www.fs.usda.gov) and is a very popular hiking area for many of the residents as well a place for camping and horseback riding. The Cleveland forest is also been an area very susceptible to wildfires. The two well known fires were the 2003 Cedar fire and the 2007 Santiago fire. The forest also has two astronomical observatories one operated by San Diego State University and the other by Cal Tech. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_National_Forest)
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The Santa Ana Mountains are the a mountain range in Southern California where the Los Angeles Basin is to the northwest and along the border of Orange and Riverside counties. it's highest point is Santiago Peak which is over 5,000 ft high. A number of minerals have been mined in the range, though none were very profitable. Commercial resources collected since the 1870s have included metals lead, silver, tin, and zinc, and minerals clay, coal, gypsum, and limestone.[1] Parts of the range have been used to graze domestic livestock and harvest timber since the late 18th century. As the surrounding cities have grown, the water of the range's creeks has become a particularly valued resource (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Ana_Mountains).
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