White Pine Range Wilderness

White Pine Range Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = White Pine Range Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



caption =
locator_x = 41
locator_y = 73
location = Nevada USA
nearest_city = Sunnyside, Nevada
lat_degrees =
lat_minutes =
lat_seconds =
lat_direction = N
long_degrees =
long_minutes =
long_seconds =
long_direction = W
area = convert|40013|acre|km2|1|sing=off
established = 2006
governing_body = U.S. Forest Service

The White Pine Range Wilderness is a convert|40013|acre|km2|0|sing=on wilderness area in western White Pine County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. The Wilderness lies within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest and is therefore administered by the U.S. Forest Service. [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/white_pine_range.shtml Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest] - White Pine Range Wilderness]

Bordered by Currant Mountain Wilderness on the south, the White Pine Range Wilderness was created by the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006. It is characterized by rocky canyons and forested alpine hills covered with white fir, pinyon pine, limber pine, and bristlecone pine.

References

ee also

*List of wilderness areas in Nevada
*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r4/htnf/recreation/wilderness/white_pine_range.shtml Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest] - White Pine Range Wilderness
* [http://www.nevadawilderness.org/library/area.asp?nMode=1&nLibraryID=200 Friends of Nevada Wilderness] - White Pine Range Wilderness
* [http://www.wilderness.org/WhereWeWork/Nevada/ScientistsSupportWhitePineCountyWilderness.cfm "Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada"] by the Wilderness Society


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