White Pine Range Wilderness
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The White Pine Range Wilderness is a 40013 acres (162 km²) wilderness area in southwestern White Pine County
, in the U.S. state
of Nevada
.
and is therefore administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
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. The nearest city is Sunnyside, Nevada, Nevada State Route 318
.
, Pinus flexilis - Limber pine
, and Pinus longaeva - Great Basin Bristlecone Pines.
Category: Trees of the Great Basin desert region
White Pine County, Nevada
White Pine County is a county located in the U.S. state of Nevada. Its population at the 2010 census was 10,030. Its county seat is Ely. It is the home of Great Basin National Park...
, in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Nevada
Nevada
Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...
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Geography
The Wilderness lies within the Humboldt-Toiyabe National ForestHumboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest is the principal U.S. National Forest located in the U.S. state of Nevada. With an area of , it is the largest National Forest of the United States outside of Alaska...
and is therefore administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
Bordered by Currant Mountain Wilderness
Currant Mountain Wilderness
The Currant Mountain Wilderness is a wilderness area in the White Pine Range of Nye County and White Pine County, in the eastern section of the state of Nevada in the western United States....
on the south, the White Pine Range Wilderness was created by the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006. The nearest city is Sunnyside, Nevada, Nevada State Route 318
Nevada State Route 318
State Route 318 runs from U.S. Route 93 at Crystal Springs, Nevada north to a location on U.S. Route 6 approximately southwest of Ely. It is often used as a shortcut between Ely and Las Vegas....
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Habitats
The White Pine Range Wilderness is characterized by rocky canyons and forested alpine hills covered with Abies concolor - white fir, Pinus monophylla - Single-leaf PinyonSingle-leaf Pinyon
The Single-leaf Pinyon, ', is a pine in the pinyon pine group, native to the United States and northwest Mexico. The range is in southernmost Idaho, western Utah, Arizona, southwest New Mexico, Nevada, eastern and southern California and northern Baja California.It occurs at moderate altitudes from...
, Pinus flexilis - Limber pine
Limber Pine
The Limber Pine, Pinus flexilis, is a species of pine tree-the family Pinaceae that occurs in the mountains of the Western United States, Mexico, and Canada. It is also called Southwestern White Pine and Rocky Mountain White Pine...
, and Pinus longaeva - Great Basin Bristlecone Pines.
See also
Category: Flora of the Great Basin desert regionCategory: Trees of the Great Basin desert region
- List of wilderness areas in Nevada
- List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
- Wilderness ActWilderness ActThe Wilderness Act of 1964 was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society. It created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States, and protected some 9 million acres of federal land. The result of a long effort to protect federal wilderness, the Wilderness Act was signed...
External links
- Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest - White Pine Range Wilderness
- Friends of Nevada Wilderness - White Pine Range Wilderness
- "Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada" by the Wilderness Society