词条 | Pole Creek Wilderness |
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| name =Pole Creek Wilderness | iucn_category = Ib | photo = Pole Creek Wilderness.jpg | map = USA | relief = 1 | map_caption = | location = Owyhee County, Idaho, USA | nearest_city = Boise, Idaho | coordinates = {{coord|42|31|39|N|116|30|19|W|region:US-ID|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | area = {{convert|12533|acre|ha|}} | established = 2009 | visitation_num = | visitation_year = | governing_body = Bureau of Land Management }} The Pole Creek Wilderness is located on the high rhyolite and basalt plateaus of Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho in the western United States.{{r|wild}}{{r|publ}}{{r|blmmap2}} Its whitewater rapids are a popular attraction.{{r|wild}} GeographyThe Pole Creek Wilderness has canyons over {{convert|800|ft|m}} deep, and sagebrush and grassland plateaus. These canyons in Owyhee County have been called "the largest concentration of sheer-walled volcanic rhyolite and basalt canyons in the western United States".{{r|wild}}{{r|blmmap}} There are no designated trails.{{r|trip}} Legislative historyThe Pole Creek Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas:{{r|blm6}}{{r|idptv}}
The act of 2009 added {{convert|517025|acres|ha}} of wilderness within the state of Idaho.{{r|blm6}}{{r|idptv}} Natural historyThe Pole Creek Wilderness lies within the Owyhee Desert, part of the northern Basin and Range ecoregion, although hydrologically the wilderness area is within the Snake River – Columbia River drainage.{{r|wild}}{{r|idaho4}} The area is home to mule deer, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, sage grouse, hawks, eagles, falcons, songbirds and many rare plants.{{r|wild}}{{r|trip}} See also
References1. ^{{cite web|title= Map of North Fork Owyhee and Pole Creek Wilderness|url=http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/Law_Enforcement/nlcs/maps/unofficial_maps.Par.8182.File.dat/id_no_fork_owyhee_pole_creek_wilderness_050508_copy2.pdf|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=July 11, 2011}} [1][2][3][4][5][6][7]2. ^{{cite web|title=Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness|url=http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/wildernessinthe21stcentury/owyheecanyonlands.cfm|publisher=Idaho Public TV|accessdate=July 10, 2011}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=Pole Creek Wilderness - General|url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=739|publisher=Wilderness.net|accessdate=July 11, 2011}} 4. ^{{cite web|title=Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas|url=http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/owyhee_initiative.html|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=July 10, 2011|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024003158/http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/owyhee_initiative.html|archivedate=October 24, 2011|df=}} 5. ^{{cite web|title=Pole Creek Wilderness, Idaho|url=http://www.publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=7969|publisher=Public Lands|accessdate=July 11, 2011}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=Weekend Trip to Pole Creek Wilderness|url=http://www.meetup.com/Treasure-Valley-Backpackers/events/18476991/|publisher=Treasure Valley Backpackers|accessdate=July 11, 2011}} 7. ^{{cite web|title=Pole Creek Wilderness|url=http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/id/maps/omnibus_lands_act.Par.6534.File.dat/PoleCreek_Wilderness%20Map.pdf|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|accessdate=July 11, 2011}} }} External links{{commons category|Pole Creek Wilderness}}
5 : Wilderness Areas of Idaho|Protected areas of Owyhee County, Idaho|Owyhee River|Bureau of Land Management areas in Idaho|Protected areas established in 2009 |
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