Nez Perce National Forest
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IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
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Crooked Creek in Gospel Hump Wilderness
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| Location | Idaho County, Idaho, United States |
| Nearest city | Grangeville, Idaho |
| Coordinates | Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. |
| Area | 2,224,091 acres (9,000.58 km2) |
| Established | July 1, 1908 |
| Governing body | U.S. Forest Service |
| http://www.fs.usda.gov/nezperce | |
The Nez Perce National Forest is a 2,224,091 acre (9,000.58 km2) United States National Forest located in west-central Idaho.[1] The forest headquarters is located in Kamiah. The forest is bounded on the east by the state of Montana, on the north by the Clearwater National Forest, on the west by a portion of the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest and on the south by the Payette National Forest. There are local ranger district offices in Elk City, Grangeville, Kooskia, and White Bird.[2] The Nez Perce National Forest lies completely within Idaho County and is the largest of the six National Forests that are contained entirely within a single county.[citation needed]
Nez Perce was established on July 1, 1908 by the U.S. Forest Service with 1,946,340 acres (7,876.6 km2) from parts of Bitterroot National Forest and Weiser National Forest. On October 29, 1934 part of Selway National Forest was added.[3]
Wilderness areas
There are four officially designated wilderness areas within Nez Perce National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Three of these are partly or mostly in neighboring National Forests (as indicated).
- Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness (only 4.68% lies within Nez Perce NF; mostly in either Payette National Forest, Challis NF, Salmon NF, Boise NF, or Bitterroot NF)[4]
- Gospel Hump Wilderness
- Hells Canyon Wilderness (mostly in Wallowa National Forest; partly in Payette National Forest, Whitman National Forest, or BLM land)
- Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (partly in Bitterroot NF; Clearwater National Forest; Lolo NF)
See also
References
- ↑ Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County - United States Forest Service - September 30, 2007
- ↑ USFS Ranger Districts by State
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness acreage breakdown, Wilderness.net
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