Owyhee Field Office

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 North Fork Owyhee Wilderness

Approximately 43,413 acres of public lands inventoried
 as part of the North Fork Owyhee River Canyon Wilderness Study Area

North Fork of the Owyhee River

Owyhee River Wilderness

Approximately 267,328 acres of public lands previously inventoried in the Owyhee River Canyon,
 Owyhee River-Deep Creek, Lookout Butte, Little Owyhee River, South Fork Owyhee River,
 Battle Creek, Yatahoney Creek, and Juniper Creek Wilderness Study Areas

Deep Creek confluence with the Owyhee River

Some lands in this Wilderness lie in the BLM Bruneau Field Office.

Tules Oxbow on the East Fork of the Owyhee River


More than 517,000 acres of public lands in southwestern Idaho have been designated as Wilderness. Lands from 9 former Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs) in the 
Owyhee Field Office are now part of the BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).

Lands in Idaho included in these former WSAs but not designated as Wilderness, along with all lands in the Big Willow Springs, Squaw Creek Canyon, Middle Fork Owyhee River, and West Fork Red Canyon WSAs are released for multiple use management under the Owyhee Resource Management Plan (RMP).

View detailed maps (PDF) showing the Wilderness boundaries by clicking on the thumbnail images below.

North Fork Owyhee Wilderness
North Fork Owyhee Wilderness 
a thumbnail of the Field map showing the Owyhee River 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.
Owyhee River Wilderness

OTHER WILDERNESS AREAS in Owyhee County, managed by the BLM Bruneau Field Office

Big Jacks Creek Wilderness
Little Jacks Creek Wilderness
Pole Creek Wilderness
Bruneau-Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness

Travel management planning is underway for non-Wilderness public lands in Owyhee County, including former WSA lands released for multiple use.