Cedar Mountain Wilderness

Cedar Mountain Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Cedar Mountain Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



caption =
locator_x = 58
locator_y = 69
location = Utah, USA
nearest_city = Tooele, UT
lat_degrees = 40
lat_minutes = 36
lat_seconds =
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 112
long_minutes = 57
long_seconds =
long_direction = W
area = 104,585 acres (423 km²)
established = January 6, 2006
visitation_num =
visitation_year =
governing_body = U.S. Bureau of Land Management

The Cedar Mountain Wilderness is located in northwestern Utah, USA, just south of Interstate 80. The vegetation on the upper elevations of the Cedar Mountains is dominated by junipers (referred to as "cedars" by early pioneers). The foothill and valley regions include mixed desert shrubs. Cheatgrass is prevalent over large areas burned by range fires. The remains of an aragonite mining camp can also be found in the foothills.

The Cedar Mountain Wilderness includes more than half of the 180,000 acre (728 km²) Cedar Mountain Herd Management Area, where feral horses have grazed since they were introduced in the late 1800s. A survey conducted in December 1991 counted 444 horses, and parts of the herd can often be seen on the wilderness. The Bureau of Land Management fills watering troughs for the horses when springs dry up in the summer. This artificial water supply benefits other wildlife species such as pronghorn antelope.

The U.S. Congress designated the Cedar Mountain Wilderness primarily in response to an effort by members of the Utah congressional delegation and the Utah governor to block rail access to a proposed high-level nuclear waste storage facility on the nearby Skull Valley Goshute Reservation. The project is sponsored by a consortium of nuclear power companies known as Private Fuel Storage, which received a license from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission in February 2006. The facility has not yet been built.

References

* Lynna P. Howard, "Utah's Wilderness Areas: The Complete Guide" (Westcliffe Publishers, 2005) ISBN 978-1-56579-388-0
* Bill Cunningham & Polly Burke, "Wild Utah: A Guide to 45 Roadless Recreation Areas" (Falcon Publishing, 1998) ISBN 978-1-56044-616-3
* Bureau of Land Management, "Utah BLM Statewide Wilderness Final Environmental Impact Statement: Volume II West-Central Region" (BLM Utah State Office, 1990)

ee also

*Dugway Proving Grounds
*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*National Wilderness Preservation System

External links

* [http://www.blm.gov/ut/st/en/fo/salt_lake/blm_special_areas/cedar_mountains_wilderness.html Bureau of Land Management: Cedar Mountain Wilderness]
* [http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=680&tab=General Wilderness.net: Cedar Mountain Wilderness]
* [http://local.google.com/maps?hl=en&t=h&ll=40.590794,-112.949742&spn=0.482831,0.925598&t=h Google Maps satellite view]
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