Wheeler Peak Wilderness

Geobox|Protected area
name = Wheeler Peak Wilderness (Forest Service)
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category_iucn = Ib


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country = United States
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state = New Mexico
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state_type = State
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region_type = County
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lat_d = 36
lat_m = 35
lat_s = 2
lat_NS = N
long_d = 105
long_m = 25
long_s = 26
long_EW = W
area = 79.78
established = 1964
map_locator = New Mexico


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The 19,661 acre Wheeler Peak Wilderness lies in the Carson National Forest of New Mexico. It contains the highest point in the state, 13,161 foot Wheeler Peak.

History

Already designated the Wheeler Peak Wild Area in 1960 [Julyan, B: "New Mexico's Wilderness Areas: The Complete Guide", page 73. Big Earth Publishing, 1999] , 6051 acres became the Wheeler Peak Wilderness in 1964 with the passage of the Wilderness Act. The wilderness was expanded by 14,700 acres with the passage of the New Mexico Wilderness Act [cite web |url=http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/documents/publiclaws/PDF/96-550.pdf |title=Public Law 96-550 |accessdate=2008-07-19] in 1980. In 1996, public law 104-333 [cite web |url=http://bulk.resource.org/gpo.gov/laws/104/publ333.104.pdf |title=Public Law 104-333 |accessdate=2008-07-19] transferred 764 acres from the wilderness south of the ridge between Simpson Peak and Old Mike Peak and west of Blue Lake back to the Taos Pueblo.

Flora and Fauna

Recreation

Notes

ee also

*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r3/carson/index.shtml Carson National Forest] - US Forest Service
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=645 Wheeler Peak Wilderness] - Wilderness.net