As of August 15, 2025, the Forest Service has put a prohibition in place banning personal portable privacy toilets at developed recreation sites within the Angeles National Forest and San Gabriel Mountains National Monument. The order runs through August 1, 2027.
If you’ve spent any time at the more popular campgrounds in the ANF, you’ve probably seen why this became necessary. Portable privacy toilets – the kind people haul in and set up at their campsite – were showing up regularly at developed sites that already have restroom facilities. The result was sanitation headaches, waste disposal issues, and a general impact on the experience for everyone around them. Continue reading
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