- William O. Douglas Wilderness
Infobox_protected_area | name = William O. Douglas Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib
caption = The view southeast from American Ridge in eastern Douglas Wilderness includes Old Scab Mountain, convert|6080|ft|m|-1.
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location =Washington , USA
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area = convert|168232|acre|km2
established = 1984
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governing_body =U.S. Forest Service The William O. Douglas Wilderness includes 168,232 acres (681 km²) located between the U.S. Route 12 and State Route 410 and is jointly administered by the
Gifford Pinchot National Forest and theWenatchee National Forest . It shares a boundary with theMt. Rainier National Park on the west.cite web | title=Wilderness.net: William O. Douglas Wilderness | url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&wname=William%20O.%20Douglas| accessdate=2007-12-23] Approximately 25 miles (40 km) of thePacific Crest Trail travel along theCascade Range crest between its boundaries. It contains scattered peaks, sharp ridges, steep slopes and hundreds of small lakes and potholes. Fish and wildlife are abundant here, and many minerals are found. Much of the wilderness is drained by tributaries of theNaches River .While significant portions of the William O. Douglas Wilderness are high elevation forest, the overall topography is varied. The Cougar Lakes portion is characterized by high alpine lakes, and the Tumac Plateau is dotted with numerous lakes in a forest setting. The eastern edges of this wilderness drop to mid-elevation pine forest and bare ridges. The Meeks Table Natural research area, located on a basalt table mountain, is within this wilderness at its eastern boundary.
The 1984 Washington Wilderness Act designated the Cougar lake Roadless area as the William O. Douglas Wilderness. Raised in
Yakima, Washington ,William O. Douglas went on to be appointed to the U.S. Supreme Court by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Justice Douglas is remembered for a long and distinguished career marked by his concern for civil rights and environmental issues. This tribute honors not only the active role Justice Douglas played in Federal Wilderness legislation but also his life-long dedication and love for the Cougar Lakes region. William O. Douglas knew the area trails intimately, and spent many summers at his cabin in Goose Prairie, Washington, a small mountain community surrounded by the present Wilderness.References
External links
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/gpnf/recreation/wilderness/wilderness-william-o-douglas.shtml Gifford Pinchot National Forest] - William O. Douglas Wilderness
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