Nevada Wilderness Areas
In 1989 the U.S. Government enacted the Nevada Wilderness Bill, expanding the one existing Wilderness Area (Jarbidge) and creating thirteen new areas. The estimated total of was over eleven times the area that had previously been under wilderness protection. The following Wilderness Areas were expanded or designated in the Humboldt National Forest: * The Jarbidge Wilderness Area, previously , was expanded to . This area protects wilderness in the higher elevations of the Jarbidge Mountains in far northern Elko County. * The Currant Mountain Wilderness Area was created, protecting approximately in the upper elevations of the White Pine Range in eastern White Pine County. * The East Humboldt Wilderness Area was created, protecting approximately in the upper elevations of the East Humboldt Range in central Elko County. * The Quinn Canyon Wilderness Area was created, protecting approximately in the upper elevations of the Quinn Canyon Range in northeastern Nye County. * ...
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