Dugger Mountain Wilderness is

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's third and newest

wilderness Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...

area. Dedicated April 2000, Dugger Mountain Wilderness covers of

Talladega National Forest The Talladega National Forest is located in the U.S. state of Alabama and covers 392,567 acres (613.39 sq mi, or 1,588.66 km2) at the southern edge of the Appalachian Mountains. Before it was bought by the federal government in the 1930s, th ...

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and Cleburne County in

Geography

Dugger Mountain, the second highest peak in Alabama with an elevation of , is located between Anniston and

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. The wilderness encompasses some of the most rugged and

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ous terrain in Alabama, as well as numerous endangered and threatened plant communities. It is one of the last intact roadless areas in Alabama's National Forests. Most of the mountain's were too steep to profitably

timber harvest Logging is the process of cutting, processing, and moving trees to a location for transport. It may include skidding, on-site processing, and loading of trees or logs onto trucks or skeleton cars. Logging is the beginning of a supply chain ...

Features

The Pinhoti National Recreation Trail winds through the wilderness area.

References

External links

U.S. Geological Survey Map
at the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved April 11, 2023. Protected areas of Calhoun County, Alabama Protected areas of Cleburne County, Alabama IUCN Category Ib Wilderness areas of Alabama {{CleburneCountyAL-geo-stub