The Hemingway–Boulders Wilderness is a protected area in the
western
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, located in the
Sawtooth National Recreation Area
The Sawtooth National Recreation Area (SNRA) is a national recreation area in central Idaho, United States that is managed as part of Sawtooth National Forest. The recreation area, established on August 22, 1972, is managed by the U.S. Forest Ser ...
in central
Idaho
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. Part of the
Sawtooth National Forest
Sawtooth National Forest is a United States National Forest, National Forest that covers 2,110,408 acres (854,052 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). Managed by the U.S. Forest Service in the United States Depart ...
in
Blaine and
Custer
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Custer graduated from West Point in 1861 at the bottom of his class, b ...
counties, the wilderness covers part of the
Boulder Mountains and directly adjoins the
Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Wilderness on its northeast side and is south of the
Cecil D. Andrus–White Clouds Wilderness
The Cecil D. Andrus–White Clouds Wilderness is a protected area in the western United States, located in Custer County, Idaho. The Sawtooth National Recreation Area, in the Sawtooth National Forest, manages the majority of the wilderness, wit ...
, which it does not directly adjoin.
It is named for the Boulder Mountains and writer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer, and journalist. His economical and understated style—which he termed the iceberg theory—had a strong influence on 20th-century fic ...
, who was a resident of nearby
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. The area was added to the
National Wilderness Preservation System
The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) of the United States protects federally managed wilderness areas designated for preservation in their natural condition. Activity on formally designated wilderness areas is coordinated by the Na ...
on August 7, 2015, with the passage of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act (); sponsored by
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Mike Simpson
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, it passed
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without objection and was signed into law by
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.
References
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Sawtooth National Forest
Protected areas established in 2015
Protected areas of Blaine County, Idaho
Protected areas of Custer County, Idaho
Wilderness areas of Idaho
2015 establishments in Idaho