Nez Perce National Forest

Nez Perce National Forest
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
Crooked Creek in Gospel Hump Wilderness

Location	Idaho County, Idaho, United States
Nearest city	Grangeville, Idaho
Coordinates	45°27′00″N 115°55′03″W / 45.45000°N 115.91750°W / 45.45000; -115.91750Coordinates: 45°27′00″N 115°55′03″W / 45.45000°N 115.91750°W / 45.45000; -115.91750
Area	2,224,091 acres (9,000.58 km²)
Established	July 1, 1908
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
Website	Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests

The Nez Perce National Forest is a 2,224,091 acre (9,000.58 km²) United States National Forest located in west-central Idaho.^[1] The forest is bounded on the east by the state of Montana, on the north by the Clearwater National Forest, on the west by a portion of the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest and on the south by the Payette National Forest.

In 2012, Nez Perce National Forest and Clearwater National Forest were administratively combined as Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, with headquarters in Kamiah, Idaho.^[2] There are local ranger district offices in Elk City, Grangeville, Kooskia, and White Bird.^[3]

Nez Perce was established on July 1, 1908 by the U.S. Forest Service with 1,946,340 acres (7,876.6 km²) from parts of Bitterroot National Forest and Weiser National Forest. On October 29, 1934 part of Selway National Forest was added.^[4]

Wilderness areas

There are four officially designated wilderness areas within Nez Perce National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Three of these are partly or mostly in neighboring National Forests (as indicated).

Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness (only 4.68% lies within Nez Perce NF; mostly in either Payette National Forest, Challis NF, Salmon NF, Boise NF, or Bitterroot NF)^[5]
Gospel Hump Wilderness
Hells Canyon Wilderness (mostly in Wallowa National Forest; partly in Payette National Forest, Whitman National Forest, or BLM land)
Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness (partly in Bitterroot NF; Clearwater National Forest; Lolo NF)

A map of Nez Perce National Forest (orange).

References

↑ Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County - United States Forest Service - September 30, 2007
↑ "About the Forest". Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. Retrieved 6 June 2016.
↑ USFS Ranger Districts by State
↑ Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), National Forests of the United States (PDF), The Forest History Society
↑ Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness acreage breakdown, Wilderness.net

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Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests

Protected areas of Idaho

Federal

National Parks	Yellowstone

National Historic Sites & Historical Parks	Minidoka NHS Nez Perce NHP

National Monuments	Craters of the Moon Hagerman Fossil Beds

National Forests	Bitterroot Boise Caribou-Targhee Clearwater Coeur d'Alene Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Kootenai Nez Perce Payette Salmon-Challis Sawtooth St. Joe Wallowa–Whitman Wasatch-Cache

National Grasslands	Curlew

National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon Sawtooth

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear Lake Camas Deer Flat Grays Lake Kootenai Minidoka Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area

National Conservation Areas	Snake River Birds of Prey

Wilderness Areas	Big Jacks Creek Bruneau–Jarbidge Rivers Craters of the Moon Frank Church–River of No Return Gospel Hump Hells Canyon Hemingway–Boulders Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Little Jacks Creek North Fork Owyhee Owyhee River Pole Creek Sawtooth Selway-Bitterroot White Clouds

State

State Parks	Bear Lake Bruneau Dunes Castle Rocks City of Rocks Coeur d'Alene Parkway Dworshak Eagle Island Farragut Harriman Hells Gate Henrys Lake Heyburn Lake Cascade Lake Walcott Land of the Yankee Fork Lucky Peak Massacre Rocks McCroskey Old Mission Ponderosa Priest Lake Round Lake Thousand Springs Three Island Crossing Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes Winchester Lake

Wildlife Management Areas	Big Cottonwood Billingsley Creek Blackfoot River Boise River Boundary Creek Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Carey Lake Cartier Slough Cecil D. Andrus C.J. Strike Coeur d'Alene River Craig Mountain Deer Parks Farragut Fort Boise Georgetown Summit Hagerman Market Lake McArthur Lake Montour Montpelier Mud Lake Niagara Springs Payette River Pend Oreille Portneuf Red River St. Maries Sand Creek Snow Peak Sterling Tex Creek

Idaho Department of Parks & Recreation (website)

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Nez Perce National Forest

Wilderness areas

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References

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