Wilderness Study AreasThe BLM manages more than 520 WSAs located in the western states and Alaska. To be designated a WSA, an area must have the following characteristics:

Size – roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public lands or of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation.

Naturalness – appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature.

Opportunities – provides outstanding opportunities for solitude, natural sounds, dark night skies, or primitive and unconfined recreation, such as hiking, camping, canoeing, and horseback riding.

Special qualities – the areas often have ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific, and/or scenic values.

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act (FLPMA) of 1976 directed the BLM to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. The study received extensive public input and participation. By November 1980, the BLM had completed field inventories and designated about 25 million acres of

Lands with Wilderness CharacteristicsWSAs were formally identified in 1980, and inventory and study findings were submitted to Congress as part of a one-time effort under FLPMA. However, in accordance with FLPMA, the BLM is required to maintain an inventory of all public land values, including wilderness characteristics, on an ongoing basis. Due to land exchanges and acquisitions, resource restoration projects, and other factors, BLM land conditions can change, resulting in additional BLM lands with wilderness characteristics.

Once the inventory is updated, the BLM is required to make decisions in its resource management plans as to which lands should be managed to protect wilderness characteristics and which lands should be managed for other uses. If a decision is made to “protect,” the BLM uses a variety of management prescriptions to ensure that wilderness characteristics are maintained over the life of the plan (e.g., prohibit new road and facility construction, exclude new rights-of-way, provide compatible recreation uses, etc.).

BLM Wilderness Management Program Emphasis Areas

Wilderness Act of 1964In 1964, Congress passed the Wilderness Act,

which established the National Wilderness

Preservation System and designated the first

wilderness areas. The purpose of the Wilderness

Act is to provide long-term preservation

and protection to areas on federal lands

that are largely undeveloped, natural, and

unconstrained by human activity and that

provide outstanding opportunities for solitude

or recreation.

The uniquely American idea of wilderness

ensures long-term protection of natural

landscapes. Wilderness protects the habitat

of numerous wildlife species and serves as a

biodiversity bank for many species of plants

and animals. Wilderness is also a source of clean

water. It has long been used as a laboratory

for science research and education outreach,

providing sites for field trips, study areas for

student research, and serving as a source of

instructional examples. Recreation is another

obvious appeal of wilderness, and wilderness

areas are seeing steadily increasing use from

people who wish to experience freedom from

the nation’s fast-paced, industrialized society.

The BLM’s Wilderness Role

Wilderness lands consist of rugged mountain ranges, broad valleys, wild rivers and streams, and desert plains and include vast natural landscapes, which once covered all of North America. Along with the BLM, wilderness lands are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

Many wilderness lands are managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which manages more than 245 million acres of public land, the most of any other federal agency. BLM public lands, known as the National System of Public Lands, are primarily located in 12 western states, including Alaska.

The BLM’s multiple-use mission is to sustain the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The BLM accomplishes this by managing such activities as outdoor recreation, livestock grazing, mineral development, and energy production and by conserving natural, historical, cultural, and other resources on public lands.

A central piece of the BLM’s National System of Public Lands is the National Landscape Conservation System, otherwise known as “National Conservation Lands.” These lands include approximately 8.7 million acres of wilderness areas and 12.8 million acres of wilderness study areas (WSAs), containing some of the wildest and most remote places in America.

The BLM’s National Conservation Lands are a system of lands that comprise approximately 28 million acres of spectacular, primarily western landscapes recognized for their ecological, cultural, historic, recreational, and scientific values. In addition to wilderness lands, National Conservation Lands include national monuments, national conservation areas, wild and scenic rivers, and national trails.

WSAs. Since 1980, Congress has reviewed many of these areas and has designated some as wilderness areas and released others for nonwilderness uses. Until Congress makes a final determination on a WSA, the BLM manages these areas to preserve their suitability for designation as wilderness.

Wilderness Study Areas by the Numbers

STATE NUMBER OF UNITS

ACREAGE

Alaska 1 260,000

Arizona 2 63,930

California 67 821,870

Colorado 54 548,209

Idaho 44 655,512

Montana 39 449,963

Nevada 62 2,542,505

New Mexico 57 960,335

Oregon 87 2,645,791

Utah 86 3,232,402

Washington 1 5,554

Wyoming 42 574,401

Total 528** 12,760,472

** Fourteen WSAs have acreage in two different states. These areas are only counted once in the total number of units.

Wilderness Provides Vital Ecological ValuesAlthough wilderness areas provide visitors the rare opportunity to experience solitude and recreation, wilderness areas also provide significant and vital ecological values. Wilderness areas, as large tracts of unmodified land, play a major role in ecosystem response to climate change. An unmodified ecosystem is less stressed and therefore more resilient. A more resilient ecosystem can absorb greater impacts, such as those resulting from climate change, and may continue to function effectively for a longer period of time.

Resiliency, in turn, helps protect biodiversity, support critical ecological components and processes, stabilize hydrological response, allow more species to exist at the edge of their natural range, improve native species’ resistance to invasive species, and create more areas that act as refugia for displaced species. Further, wilderness areas help improve landscapes’ strong ecological connectivity. BLM wilderness lands provide a high degree of protection and often serve as a bridge and migration corridor between adjacent protected areas, regardless of their administrative jurisdiction.

Wilderness is everyone’s to share and enjoy:

• Wildernessprovidestimeto reflect and find solitude and solace.

• Wildernessprovidesopportunities for recreation, including hiking, camping, horseback riding, fishing, hunting, photography, off-trail exploration, and many others.

• Somewildernessincludessacred ancestral lands of American Indian tribes.

• Wildernessshowcasesto the world some of America’s most special places and landscapes—forested mountains, alpine meadows, rock peaks above timberline, tundra, lava beds, deserts, wild rivers, swamps, coastal lands, and islands.

Wilderness provides economic benefits to local communities and the nation.

• Protectingtheenvironmentandproviding rare opportunities for wilderness experiences interest a wide national

and international audience. Local communities may benefit economically from nearby wilderness through increased visitation and local expenditures, as well as through the protection and enhancement of amenities related to quality of life.

• Manylocaloutfittersandguidesspecializeinleading comfortable and exciting wilderness adventures for individual travelers or larger groups, including families.

Wilderness provides clean water and air, critical habitat for animals, and healthy landscapes, allowing rare and endangered species to thrive.

• WildernessareasonBLMpubliclandsprovideessential habitat for numerous wildlife and plant

species. Some of these include golden eagles, prairie falcons, condors, and bobcats, as

well as cacti, bristlecone pine trees, and Joshua trees.

BLMWildernessManagementProgramPrioritiesfor the Future

BLM Wilderness Management ProgramThe BLM’s wilderness management program focuses on the protection and conservation of wilderness by:

• Monitoringandpreservingwildernesscharacter.• Managinglanduseandencouragingappropriate

wilderness uses. • Monitoringandmanagingfornoxiousweed

infestations, trespass activities, and recreation. • Restoringimpactedareassuchastrampled

vegetation and eroded soil.

The BLM is unique in that the vast majority of its wilderness areas and WSAs are located in a wide variety of desert environments, adding an essential network of desert ecosystem components to the National Wilderness Preservation System. Millions of people visit these areas annually, either on their own or through the hundreds of permitted commercial outfitters that assist the public in enjoying these unique lands. Visitors provide significant social and economic benefit to local communities with nearby

wilderness and help them to sustain their unique quality of life, which is so closely linked to the history and natural heritage of the wilderness landscapes.

The BLM wilderness management program frequently addresses challenges associated with unauthorized uses, such as illegal off-highway vehicle use, which are increasingly resulting in the further degradation of wilderness character. Managing wilderness resources requires collaboratively managing them as part of the larger landscape. After a wilderness area is designated, the BLM typically spends the first 3 years marking and mapping the boundary and providing visitor services, such as maps and other public information. Subsequent management includes acquiring in-holdings from willing sellers, restoring wilderness character where needed, engaging in land use planning and monitoring, implementing wilderness management plans, and continuing to provide visitor services.

The BLM is responsible for 221 wilderness areas in 10 western states. Wilderness areas are special places where the earth and its community of life are essentially undisturbed. They retain a primeval character, without permanent improvements, and have been affected primarily by the forces of nature.

Wilderness Areas by the Numbers

STATE NUMBER OF UNITS

ACREAGE

Arizona 47 1,396,826

California 87 3,843,998

Colorado 5 205,814

Idaho 7 517,362

Montana 1 6,347

Nevada 45 2,055,681

New Mexico 5 170,163

Oregon 8 246,953

Utah 18 260,356

Washington 1 7,140

Total 221* 8,710,640

* Three wilderness areas have acreage in two different states. These areas are only counted once in the total number of units.

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The Bureau of Land Management’s Role in Managing America’s WildernessBenefits of Wilderness

4. Engage youth and underserved communities. Work to engage youth in the stewardship of

wilderness lands to nurture the next generation of wilderness managers and specialists. Reach out to Americans living in communities traditionally underserved in regards to their access to knowledge of the value of protecting wilderness lands. Work with local partners to explore ways to increase physical access and exposure to local wilderness resources for underserved communities.

5. Train the next generation of wilderness managers.

Continuing the legacy of sound wilderness management will require the BLM to expend time and energy training the next generation of wilderness managers and specialists. The BLM will increase efforts to train managers and specialists at all levels of the organization in how to properly steward our wilderness heritage, including designated wilderness, WSAs, and lands with wilderness characteristics.

6. Increase the role of science in wilderness management.

Sound management decisions rely on sound science. Wilderness stewardship requires objective, scientific knowledge as an established baseline that can be repeated over time to establish and monitor trend. This will, in turn, help shape future management actions. The BLM will continue to monitor wilderness character using the “Keeping It Wild” strategy.

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CO N N E C T I N G L A N D S C A P E S BY WO R K I N G CO L L A B O R AT I V E LYWorking collaboratively with several BLM programs and other agencies better allows the BLM to manage the wilderness areas under its jurisdiction as a part of larger landscapes, which clearly benefits BLM wilderness resources. For example, programs that manage wildlife (e.g., desert bighorn sheep, sage-grouse, etc.), fire, weeds, and rangeland resources routinely fund projects that also benefit wilderness resources. By establishing connections across boundaries with other jurisdictions, management of wilderness areas complements conservation areas within the respective jurisdictions of the National Park Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, tribes, state and local governments, private conservation lands, and other BLM land managed for resource protection.

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P R E S E RV I N G W I L D E R N E S S C H A R AC T E R Preserving wilderness character is at the heart of the BLM’s responsibility to ensure its wilderness areas are protected for future generations. In 2008, the BLM, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, U.S. Forest Service, and U.S. Geological Service developed “Keeping It Wild: An Interagency Strategy to Monitor Trends in Wilderness Character Across the National Wilderness Preservation System.” The strategy outlines a unified approach to identifying trends in wilderness character quality and provides a standardized method to assess broad-scale performance in preserving wilderness character to be used by all wilderness-managing agencies.

In 2009, the BLM implemented this strategy with a goal of completing baseline monitoring for 20 percent of BLM wilderness areas each year. The protocol developed to monitor and describe trends in the quality of wilderness character will enable the BLM to establish a meaningful measure with verified baseline data for use in the future. Once this baseline monitoring is complete, and for the first time since the Wilderness Act was passed, the BLM will be able to track trends in wilderness character for all of its wilderness areas.

E N H A N C I N G S C I E N T I F I C K N OW L E D G EThe BLM’s wilderness areas play an increasingly critical role in expanding our scientific knowledge about a wide array of challenging management issues facing the BLM and other wildland managers. The BLM emphasizes the role of science partnerships in managing wilderness and increasingly collaborates with partners to help manage BLM wilderness areas as a part of larger landscapes. Scientific research continues to increase as new opportunities are identified, including research directed at the effects of landscape stressors on species habitat and migration corridors. New, improved, higher resolution satellite imagery and aerial photography further aid in the monitoring of wilderness areas and WSAs. This imagery is less expensive than complete reliance on ground patrols, adds an additional level of diagnostics to make further analyses, and can help maximize the effectiveness of appropriated funds used to manage these areas.

D E V E LO P I N G PA RT N E R S H I P S A N D E N G AG I N G P E O P L E A N D CO M M U N I T I E SDeveloping partnerships in wilderness stewardship is an important aspect of the BLM’s management of wilderness lands. BLM wilderness resources benefit greatly from volunteers who provide thousands of hours of monitoring, as well as material and transportation for specific projects. Nearly 100 formal and informal partnerships have been developed to facilitate wilderness stewardship activities on BLM land. Typical examples of work performed by partners in wilderness areas and WSAs include trail construction and maintenance, invasive species eradication and monitoring, interim management monitoring of WSAs, and reclamation and restoration activities to create more natural environments. The BLM has developed a memorandum of understanding with the National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance, a national organization that is coordinating the establishment of partners and friends groups to assist in wilderness stewardship in the National Wilderness Preservation System.

The BLM wilderness management program’s six overarching priorities to guide its work from 2014 and beyond include:

1. Ensure the protection of wilderness character. The Wilderness Act states that administering

agencies are “responsible for preserving the wilderness character.” The BLM will ensure that managers and staff adhere to this core direction of the act in development and implementation of all management decisions within designated wilderness. The BLM will provide tools and training to employees while ensuring accountability in meeting this core legal mandate and associated agency policies.

2. Improve connection with partners. Internal and external cooperative work with

partners will continue to build capacity and increase the understanding of the relevancy of wilderness resources. The BLM will continue to foster wilderness stewardship by better connecting the broader wilderness network, both domestic and international.

3. Raise awareness of the BLM’s wilderness lands. Raise awareness of BLM wilderness lands so more

people understand and appreciate wilderness, its values, and its benefits. Continue in-reach and outreach efforts to convey the importance of wilderness areas to our publics’ quality of life, and further promote consistent cooperative messaging.

Help Protect WildernessYou can help protect wilderness by learning

more (www.wilderness.net) and

being a responsible visitor

(www.LNT.org).

You can help the BLM in its

wilderness stewardship efforts

by joining a local wilderness

friends group

(www.wildernessalliance.org),

joining the Society for

Wilderness Stewardship

(www.wildernessstewardship.org),

or volunteering at a nearby BLM field office.

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OREGON319 Abert Rim320 Aldrich Mountain321 Alvord Desert322 Basque Hills323 Beaver Dam Creek324 Blitzen River325 Blue Canyon326 Bowden Hills327 Brewer Spruce328 Bridge Creek329 Camp Creek330 Castle Rock331 Cedar Mountain332 Clarks Butte333 Cottonwood Creek334 Cougar Well335 Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls336 Devils Garden Lava Bed337 Diablo Mountain338 Disaster Peak*339 Douglas-Fir340 Dry Creek341 Dry Creek Buttes342 East Alvord343 Fifteenmile Creek344 Fish Creek Rim345 Four Craters Lava Bed346 Gerry Mountain347 Gold Creek348 Guano Creek349 Hampton Butte350 Hawk Mountain351 Heath Lake352 High Steens353 Home Creek354 Homestead355 Honeycombs356 Indian Creek357 Jordan Craters358 Little Sink359 Lookout Butte360 Lost Forest361 Lower John Day362 Lower Owyhee Canyon363 Lower Stonehouse364 Mahogany Ridge365 Malheur River-Bluebucket Creek366 McGraw Creek367 Mountain Lakes368 North Fork369 North Pole Ridge370 Oregon Canyon371 Orejana Canyon372 Owyhee Breaks373 Owyhee River Canyon374 Palomino Hills375 Pats Cabin376 Pine Creek377 Pueblo Mountains*378 Red Mountain379 Rincon380 Saddle Butte381 Sage Hen Hills382 Sand Dunes383 Sand Hollow384 Sheep Gulch385 Sheep Mountain386 Sheepshead Mountains387 Slocum Creek388 South Fork389 South Fork Donner Und Blitzen390 Spaulding391 Sperry Creek392 Squaw Ridge Lava Bed393 Stonehouse394 Sutton Mountain395 Table Mountain396 Thirtymile397 Twelvemile Creek398 Upper Leslie Gulch399 Upper West Little Owyhee400 West Peak401 Western Juniper402 Wild Horse Basin403 Wildcat Canyon404 Willow Creek405 Winter Range

UTAH406 Behind the Rocks407 Black Ridge Canyon West408 Book Cliffs Mountain Browse409 Bridger Jack Mesa410 Bull Mountain411 Burning Hills412 Butler Wash413 Canaan Mountain414 Carcass Canyon415 Cheesebox Canyon416 Coal Canyon417 Conger Mountain418 Crack Canyon419 Daniels Canyon420 Dark Canyon421 Death Ridge422 Deep Creek Mountains423 Desolation Canyon424 Devils Canyon425 Devil’s Garden426 Dirty Devil427 Escalante Canyon Tract 1428 Escalante Canyon Tract 5429 Fiddler Butte430 Fifty Mile Mountain431 Fish Creek Canyon432 Fish Springs433 Floy Canyon434 Flume Canyon435 Fremont Gorge436 French Spring-Happy Canyon437 Grand Gulch438 Horseshoe Canyon (North)439 Horseshoe Canyon (South)440 Howell Peak441 Indian Creek442 Jack Canyon443 King Top444 Link Flats445 Little Rockies446 Lost Spring Canyon447 Mancos Mesa448 Mexican Mountain449 Mill Creek Canyon

450 Moquith Mountain451 Mount Ellen-Blue Hills452 Mount Hillers453 Mount Pennell454 Mud Spring Canyon455 Muddy Creek456 Mule Canyon457 Negro Bill Canyon458 North Escalante Canyons/

The Gulch459 North Fork Virgin River460 North Stansbury Mountains461 Notch Peak462 Orderville Canyon463 Paria-Hackberry464 Paria-Hackberry 202465 Parunuweap Canyon466 Phipps-Death Hollow467 Road Canyon468 Rockwell469 San Rafael Reef470 Scorpion471 Scott’s Basin472 Sids Cabin 202473 Sids Mountain474 South Needles475 Spring Creek Canyon476 Spruce Canyon477 Squaw/Papoose Canyon*478 Steep Creek479 Swasey Mountain480 The Blues481 The Cockscomb482 Turtle Canyon483 Wah Wah Mountains484 Wahweap485 Westwater Canyon486 White Rock Range487 Winter Ridge

WASHINGTON488 Chopaka Mountain

WYOMING489 Adobe Town490 Alkali Basin/East Sand

Dunes491 Alkali Creek492 Alkali Draw493 Bennett Mountains494 Bobcat Draw Badlands495 Buffalo Hump496 Cedar Mountain497 Copper Mountain498 Devil’s Playground/Twin

Buttes499 Dubois Badlands500 Encampment River Canyon501 Ferris Mountains502 Fortification Creek503 Gardner Mountain504 Honeycomb Buttes505 Honeycombs506 Lake Mountain507 Lankin Dome508 McCullough Peaks509 Medicine Lodge510 Miller Spring511 North Fork Powder River512 Oregon Buttes513 Owl Creek514 Prospect Mountain515 Raymond Mountain516 Red Butte517 Red Creek Badlands518 Red Lake519 Sand Dunes520 Savage Peak521 Scab Creek522 Sheep Mountain523 South Pinnacles524 Split Rock525 Sweetwater Canyon526 Trapper Creek527 Whiskey Mountain528 Whitehorse Creek

* Fourteen WSAs have acreage in two different states. Each of these WSAs is listed under the state in which the greater percentage of WSA acreage is located. These WSAs are only counted once toward the total tally.

Note: Some WSAs share the same name but are completely different units.

188 Tunnel Spring189 Wee Thump Joshua Tree190 Weepah Spring191 White Rock Range192 Worthington Mountains

NEW MEXICO193 Bisti/De-Na-Zin194 Cebolla195 Ojito196 Sabinoso197 West Malpais

OREGON198 Hells Canyon199 Lower White River200 Oregon Badlands201 Soda Mountain202 Spring Basin203 Steens Mountain204 Table Rock205 Wild Rogue

UTAH206 Beartrap Canyon207 Blackridge208 Canaan Mountain209 Cedar Mountains210 Cottonwood Canyon211 Cougar Canyon212 Deep Creek213 Deep Creek North214 Doc’s Pass215 Goose Creek216 LaVerkin Creek217 Red Butte218 Red Mountain219 Slaughter Creek220 Taylor Creek

WASHINGTON221 Juniper Dunes

Major Milestones of the BLM’s Wilderness Management Program2009 Passage of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act, which created the National Landscape Conservation System and added 30 new wilderness areas to the system.

2006 Passage of the Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act, which created or expanded 7 BLM wilderness areas in northern California, and passage of Public Law 109-432, which created 7 wilderness areas in Nevada.

2004 Passage of the Lincoln County Conservation, Recreation, and Development Act, which created 14 wilderness areas in Nevada.

2002 Passage of the Clark County Conservation of Public Land and Natural Resources Act, which created 13 wilderness areas in Nevada.

2000 Passage of Public Law 106-554 (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2001), which created 10 wilderness areas in Nevada.

1994 Passage of the California Desert Protection Act, which created 69 wilderness areas in California.

1990 Passage of the Arizona Desert Wilderness Act, which created 38 wilderness areas in Arizona.

1984 Passage of the Arizona Wilderness Act and the Utah Wilderness Act, which created 9 wilderness areas in Arizona and Utah.

1983 Passage of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness and Management Act. Added the Bear Trap Canyon Wilderness unit— first wilderness managed by the BLM—of the Lee Metcalf Wilderness in Montana.

1980 The BLM completed field inventories of roadless areas and designated about 25 million acres of wilderness study areas.

1978 Passage of the Endangered American Wilderness Act. The first BLM lands were designated wilderness in the National Wilderness Preservation System—the Wild Rogue Wilderness in Oregon and the Santa Lucia Wilderness in California. Authority for management was given to the U.S. Forest Service.

1976 Passage of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act, which directed the BLM to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics.

1964 Passage of the Wilderness Act.

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141 Great Rift142 Hawley Mountain143 Hell’s Half Acre144 Henry’s Lake145 Jerry Peak146 Jerry Peak West147 King Hill Creek148 Lava149 Little City of Rocks150 Little Deer151 Little Wood River152 Lower Salmon Falls Creek153 Marshall Mountain154 Petticoat Peak155 Raven’s Eye156 Sand Butte157 Sand Mountain158 Selkirk Crest159 Shale Butte160 Shoshone161 Snake River Islands162 Snowhole Rapids163 White Knob Mountains164 Worm Creek

MONTANA165 Antelope Creek166 Axolotl Lakes167 Beaver Meadows168 Bell/Limekiln Canyons169 Big Horn Tack-On*170 Billy Creek171 Bitter Creek172 Black Sage173 Blacktail Mountains174 Bridge Coulee175 Buffalo Creek176 Burnt Lodge177 Burnt Timber Canyon178 Centennial Mountains179 Cow Creek180 Dog Creek South181 East Fork Blacktail Deer Creek182 Elkhorn183 Ervin Ridge184 Farlin Creek185 Henneberry Ridge186 Hidden Pasture Creek187 Hoodoo Mountain188 Humbug Spires189 Musselshell Breaks190 North Fork Sun River191 Pryor Mountain*192 Quigg West193 Ruby Mountains194 Seven Blackfoot195 Sleeping Giant/Sheep Creek196 Square Butte197 Stafford198 Terry Badlands199 Twin Coulee200 Wales Creek201 Woodhawk202 Yellowstone River Island203 Zook Creek

NEVADA204 Alder Creek205 Antelope Range206 Augusta Mountains207 Bad Lands208 Blue Eagle209 Blue Lakes210 Bluebell211 Buffalo Hills*212 Burbank Canyons213 Cedar Ridge214 China Mountain215 Clan Alpine Mountains216 Desatoya Mountains217 Dry Valley Rim*218 Fandango219 Fox Range220 Gabbs Valley Range221 Goshute Canyon222 Goshute Peak223 Grapevine Mountains224 Job Peak225 Kawich226 Lahontan Cutthroat Trout227 Little Humboldt River228 Massacre Rim229 Million Hills230 Morey Peak231 Mount Limbo232 Mount Stirling233 Mountain Meadow234 North Fork of the Little

Humboldt River235 Owyhee Canyon236 Palisade Mesa237 Park Range238 Pigeon Spring239 Pinyon Joshua240 Pole Creek241 Poodle Mountain242 Queer Mountain243 Rawhide Mountain244 Red Spring245 Resting Springs246 Riordan’s Well247 Roberts Mountain248 Rough Hills249 Selenite Mountains250 Sheldon Contiguous251 Silver Peak Range252 Simpson Park253 South Fork Owyhee River254 South Pequop255 South Reveille256 Stillwater Range257 The Wall258 Tobin Range259 Twin Peaks*260 Virgin Mountain261 Wall Canyon

NEW MEXICO262 Aden Lava Flow263 Ah-Shi-Sle-Pah264 Alamo Hueco Mountains265 Antelope266 Apache Box267 Big Hatchet Mountains268 Blue Creek269 Brokeoff Mountains270 Cabezon271 Canyons272 Carrizozo Lava Flow273 Cedar Mountains274 Chain of Craters275 Chamisa276 Continental Divide277 Cooke’s Range278 Cowboy Spring279 Culp Canyon280 Devil’s Backbone281 Devil’s Den Canyon282 Devil’s Reach283 Eagle Peak284 El Malpais285 Empedrado286 Florida Mountains287 Gila Lower Box288 Gray Peak289 Guadalupe Canyon

ALASKA1 Central Arctic Management Area

ARIZONA2 Baker Canyon3 Cactus Plain

CALIFORNIA4 Agua Tibia5 Avawatz Mountains6 Bear Canyon7 Bear Mountain8 Beauty Mountain9 Big Butte10 Bitterbrush11 Black Mountain12 Bodie13 Bodie Mountain14 Cady Mountains15 Caliente Mountain16 Carrizo Gorge17 Carson Iceberg18 Casa Diablo19 Cerro Gordo20 Chidago Canyon21 Crater Mountain22 Death Valley 1723 Eden Valley24 Excelsior25 Fish Slough26 Five Springs*27 Garcia Mountain28 Great Falls Basin29 Hauser Mountain30 Independence Creek31 Kingston Range32 Lava33 Machesna34 Merced River35 Milk Ranch/Case Mountain36 Moses37 Mount Biedeman38 Owens Peak39 Panoche Hills North40 Panoche Hills South41 Pinto Mountains42 Pit River Canyon43 Piute Cypress44 Rockhouse (a)45 Rocky Creek/Cache Creek46 Sacatar Meadows47 San Benito Mountain48 San Felipe Hills49 San Ysidro Mountain50 Sawtooth Mountains A51 Sawtooth Mountains C52 Scodie53 Sheep Ridge54 Skedaddle*55 Slinkard56 Soda Mountains57 South Warner Contiguous58 Southern Inyo59 Symmes Creek60 Table Mountain61 Thatcher Ridge62 Timbered Crater63 Tule Mountain64 Tunnison Mountain65 Volcanic Tablelands66 White Mountains67 Yolla Bolly Contiguous

COLORADO68 Adobe Badlands69 American Flats70 Ant Hills71 Beaver Creek72 Bill Hare Gulch73 Black Canyon74 Black Mountain75 Black Ridge Canyons76 Browns Canyon77 Bull Canyon*78 Bull Gulch79 Cahone Canyon80 Camel Back81 Castle Peak82 Chew Winter Camp83 Cross Canyon*84 Cross Mountain85 Demaree Canyon86 Diamond Breaks*87 Dolores River Canyon88 Dominguez Canyon89 Eagle Mountain90 Hack Lake91 Handies Peak92 High Mesa Grassland93 Little Book Cliffs94 Lower Grape Creek95 McIntyre Hills96 McKenna Peak97 Menefee Mountain98 Needle Rock99 North Sand Hills100 Oil Spring Mountain101 Papa Keal102 Peterson Draw103 Platte River Contiguous104 Powderhorn105 Rare Lizard and Snake106 Redcloud Peak107 San Luis Hills108 Sewemup Mesa109 Skull Creek110 The Palisade111 Troublesome112 Upper Grape Creek113 Vale of Tears114 Weber Mountain115 Weminuche Contiguous116 West Cold Spring*117 West Needles Creek Contiguous118 Whitehead Gulch119 Willow Creek120 Windy Gulch

IDAHO121 Appendicitis Hill122 Bear Den Butte123 Black Butte124 Black Canyon (I)125 Black Canyon (II)126 Borah Peak127 Boulder Creek128 Box Creek129 Burnt Creek130 Cedar Butte131 China Cup Butte132 Corral-Horse Basin133 Crystal Lake134 Deer Creek135 Eighteenmile136 Friedman Creek137 Goldburg138 Gooding City of Rocks East139 Gooding City of Rocks West140 Grandmother Mountain

Wi l d e rn e s s Study Area s W i l d e rn e s s Area sARIZONA1 Aravaipa Canyon2 Arrastra Mountain3 Aubrey Peak4 Baboquivari Peak5 Beaver Dam Mountains**6 Big Horn Mountains7 Cottonwood Point8 Coyote Mountains9 Dos Cabezas Mountains10 Eagletail Mountains11 East Cactus Plain12 Fishhooks13 Gibralter Mountain14 Grand Wash Cliffs15 Harcuvar Mountains16 Harquahala Mountains17 Hassayampa River Canyon18 Hells Canyon19 Hummingbird Springs20 Kanab Creek21 Mount Logan22 Mount Nutt23 Mount Tipton24 Mount Trumbull25 Mount Wilson26 Muggins Mountain27 Needle’s Eye28 New Water Mountains29 North Maricopa Mountains30 North Santa Teresa31 Paiute32 Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs**33 Peloncillo Mountains34 Rawhide Mountains35 Redfield Canyon36 Sierra Estrella37 Signal Mountain38 South Maricopa Mountains39 Swansea40 Table Top41 Tres Alamos42 Trigo Mountain43 Upper Burro Creek44 Wabayuma Peak45 Warm Springs46 White Canyon47 Woolsey Peak

CALIFORNIA48 Agua Tibia49 Argus Range50 Beauty Mountain51 Big Maria Mountains52 Bigelow Cholla Garden53 Bighorn Mountain54 Black Mountain55 Bright Star56 Bristol Mountains57 Cache Creek58 Cadiz Dunes59 Carrizo Gorge60 Cedar Roughs61 Chemehuevi Mountains62 Chimney Peak63 Chuckwalla Mountains64 Cleghorn Lakes65 Clipper Mountain66 Coso Range67 Coyote Mountains68 Darwin Falls69 Dead Mountains70 Domeland71 El Paso Mountains72 Elkhorn Ridge73 Fish Creek Mountains74 Funeral Mountains75 Golden Valley76 Granite Mountain77 Grass Valley78 Hollow Hills79 Ibex80 Indian Pass81 Inyo Mountains82 Ishi83 Jacumba Mountains84 Kelso Dunes85 Kiavah86 King Range87 Kingston Range88 Little Chuckwalla Mountains89 Little Picaho Peak90 Machesna Mountain91 Malpais Mesa92 Manly Peak93 Mecca Hills94 Mesquite95 Newberry Mountains96 Nopah Range97 North Algodones Dunes98 North Mesquite Mountains99 Old Woman Mountains

100 Orocopia Mountains101 Otay Mountain102 Owens Peak103 Pahrump Valley104 Palen/McCoy105 Palo Verde Mountains106 Picacho Peak107 Pinto Mountains108 Piper Mountain109 Piute Mountains110 Resting Spring Range111 Rice Valley112 Riverside Mountains113 Rocks and Islands114 Rodman Mountains115 Sacatar Trail116 Saddle Peak Hills117 San Gorgonio118 Santa Lucia119 Santa Rosa120 Sawtooth Mountains121 Sheephole Valley122 South Fork Eel River123 South Nopah Range124 Stateline125 Stepladder Mountains126 Surprise Canyon127 Sylvania Mountains128 Trilobite129 Turtle Mountains130 Ventana131 Whipple Mountains132 White Mountains133 Yolla Bolly-Middle Eel134 Yuki

COLORADO135 Black Ridge Canyons**136 Dominguez Canyon137 Gunnison Gorge138 Powderhorn139 Uncompahgre

IDAHO140 Big Jacks Creek141 Bruneau-

Jarbidge Rivers142 Frank Church-River of No

Return143 Little Jacks Creek144 North Fork Owyhee145 Owyhee River146 Pole Creek

MONTANA147 Lee Metcalf-Bear Trap Canyon

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NEVADA148 Arrow Canyon149 Becky Peak150 Big Rocks151 Black Rock Desert152 Bristlecone153 Calico Mountains154 Clover Mountains155 Delamar Mountains156 East Fork High Rock Canyon157 Eldorado158 Far South Egans159 Fortification Range160 Goshute Canyon161 Government Peak162 High Rock Canyon163 High Rock Lake164 Highland Ridge165 Ireteba Peaks166 Jumbo Springs167 La Madre Mountain168 Lime Canyon169 Little High Rock Canyon170 Meadow Valley Range171 Mormon Mountains172 Mount Charleston173 Mount Grafton174 Mount Irish175 Mount Moriah176 Muddy Mountains177 North Black Rock Range178 North Jackson Mountains179 North McCullough180 Pahute Peak181 Parsnip Peak182 Rainbow Mountain183 South Egan Range184 South Jackson Mountains185 South McCullough186 South Pahroc Range187 Spirit Mountain

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Photos by Bob Wick, unless stated otherwise.

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** Three wilderness areas have acreage in two different states. Each of these areas is listed under the state in which the greater percentage of acreage is located. These wilderness areas are only counted once toward the total tally.

Lists were updated in June 2014.