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Wilderness

a view across a canyon rim in the Little Jacks Creek Wilderness
Little Jacks Creek Wilderness

Approximately 50,929 acres of public land
formerly encompassed in the
 Little Jacks Creek Wilderness Study Area

Big Jacks Creek flows below the rim of a canyon in the Big Jacks Creek Wilderness

Big Jacks Creek Wilderness

Approximately 52,826 acres of public land
formerly part of the Big Jacks Creek and 
Duncan Creek Wilderness Study Areas

Brilliant sunshine illuminates Pole Creek as it winds through a canyon in the Wilderness area that bears its name

 

Pole Creek Wilderness

More than 12,530 acres of public lands
inventoried as part of the
Pole Creek Wilderness Study Area

a cave draw in the Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness

Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness

Nearly 90,000 acres of public lands
formerly part of the 
Bruneau River-Sheep Creek 
and Jarbidge River Wilderness Study Areas

Owyhee River Wilderness

Public lands previously included in the
Battle Creek, Yatahoney Creek and Juniper Creek
Wilderness Study Areas combine with public lands
managed by the BLM Owyhee Field Office

More than 517,000 acres of public lands in the Owyhee Canyonlands have been designated as Wilderness. Certain lands from 8 former Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in the Bruneau Field Office are now part of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).

Lands included in these former WSAs but not designated as Wilderness, along with all lands in the Upper Deep Creek, and Sheep Creek East and Sheep Creek West WSAs, are released for multiple use management under the Bruneau Management Framework Plan (MFP) or the Jarbidge Resource Management Plan (RMP).

The BLM is developing specific plans for managing these Wilderness areas according to guidelines in the Wilderness Act, and for the waterways designated as Wild & Scenic Rivers.  View detailed maps (PDF) showing the Wilderness boundaries by clicking on the thumbnail images below.

thumbnail of Field map showing the boundaries of the Big Jacks Creek and Little Jacks Creek Wilderness areas - neither the image nor the full map can be made fully accessible under Sec. 508; for detailed information in an alternate format, please call the BLM Boise District Office, (208) 384-3300.

thumbnail of Field map of the Pole Creek Wilderness - neither the image nor the full size map can be made fully accessible under Sec. 508; for more detailed information in an alternate form, please call the BLM Boise District Office, (208) 384-3300.

thumbnail of Field map showing the northern half of the Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness - neither this image nor the full size map can be made fully accessible under Sec. 508; for detailed information in an alternate form, please call the BLM Boise District Office, (208) 384-3330.

thumbnail of a Field map showing the southern half of the Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness - neither this image nor the full size map can be made fully accessible under Sec. 508; for detailed information in an alternate format, please call the BLM Boise District Office, (208) 384-3300.

Thumbnail of field map showing the Owyhee River Wilderness - neither the image nor the map can be made fully accessible under Section 508. If you need information on an alternate format, please call the BLM Boise District Office, (208) 384-3300.

 
Last updated: 10-27-2009