- Cottonwood Forest Wilderness
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Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness IUCN Category Ib (Wilderness Area)
Location Washington County, Utah, USA Nearest city Leeds, UT Coordinates 37°12′22″N 113°28′33″W / 37.2062094345°N 113.475756°WCoordinates: 37°12′22″N 113°28′33″W / 37.2062094345°N 113.475756°W[1] Area 2,643 acres (10.7 km2) Established March 30, 2009 Governing body U.S. Forest Service Cottonwood Forest Wilderness is a 2,643-acre (10.7 km2) wilderness area in the US state of Utah. It was designated March 30, 2009, as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Located within the Dixie National Forest, it is adjacent to a desert tortoise reserve and the Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness.[2]
See also
References
- ^ "Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness Map". Wilderness.net. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&latitude=37.2062094345&longitude=-113.475756&zoom=12. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
- ^ "Testimony". U.S. Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/congress/109/house/legislative/rey/091406.html. Retrieved 2011-08-13.
External links
- "Cottonwood Forest Wilderness". Wilderness.net. http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=718.
- "Map of wilderness areas in north-central Washington County, Utah". U.S. Forest Service. http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/Wilderness-Act-2009/Maps/Utah/RedCliffsNCANov1208.pdf.
Protected Areas of Utah Federal National ParksNational MonumentsNational Historic SitesDesert Biosphere Reserve • Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area • Glen Canyon National Recreation Area • Mormon Pioneer National Historic TrailNational Wildlife Refuges:Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge • Fish Springs • OurayAshdown Gorge • Beartrap Canyon • Beaver Dam Mountains • Black Ridge Canyons • Blackridge • Box-Death Hollow • Canaan Mountain • Cedar Mountain • Cottonwood Canyon • Cottonwood Forest • Cougar Canyon • Dark Canyon • Deep Creek • Deep Creek North • Deseret Peak • Doc's Pass • Goose Creek • High Uintas • LaVerkin Creek • Lone Peak • Mount Naomi • Mount Nebo • Mount Olympus • Mount Timpanogos • Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs • Pine Valley Mountain • Red Mountains • Slaughter Creek • Taylor Creek • Twin Peaks • Wellsville Mountain • Zion
State Antelope Island • Bear Lake • Camp Floyd • Deer Creek • East Canyon • Flight Park • Great Salt Lake • Historic Rail Trail • Hyrum • Jordan River OHV Park • Jordanelle • Red Fleet • Rockport • Starvation • Steinaker • Utah Field House • Utah Lake • Wasatch Mountain • Willard Bay
Fremont Indian • Goblin Valley • Green River • Huntington • Millsite • Palisade • Scofield • Territorial Statehouse • Yuba
Anasazi • Coral Pink Sand Dunes • Dead Horse Point • Edge of the Cedars • Escalante Petrified Forest • Frontier Homestead • Goosenecks • Gunlock • Kodachrome Basin • Otter Creek • Piute • Quail Creek • Sand Hollow • Snow Canyon
Municipal Municipal parksFort Buenaventura • Gallivan Center • Liberty Park • Jordan River Parkway • Minersville Reservoir • Murray City Park • Sugar House Park • Veterans Memorial Park
Utah State Parks and Recreation Categories:- IUCN Category Ib
- Wilderness Areas of Utah
- Protected areas of Washington County, Utah
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