South Egan Range Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = South Egan Range Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib


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location = Nevada USA
nearest_city = Lund, Nevada
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area = convert|67214|acre|km2|1|sing=off
established = 2006
governing_body = U.S. Bureau of Land Management

South Egan Range Wilderness is a convert|67214|acre|km2|1|sing=on wilderness area in Lincoln, Nye, and White Pine Counties, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Located in the Egan Range approximately two miles east of the town of Lund, the Wilderness was created by the "White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006" and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. [http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/gis/maps.Par.28150.File.dat/South_eagan_combined.pdf South Egan Range Wilderness] - Nevada BLM]

The South Egan Range Wilderness protects the rugged, bristlecone pine-studded mountain spine running nearly the entire length of the White River Valley. In the southern third of the Wilderness, Long Valley forms an open bowl between high mountain ridges. Rolling hills of pinyon and juniper forests and deep canyons of riparian vegetation round out the ecological and scenic diversity. Angel Cave, a mostly-unexplored, limestone pit cave, lies within the Wilderness at an elevation of approximately convert|9000|ft|m|0|sing=off. [http://www.nevadawilderness.org/Library/area.asp?nMode=1&nLibraryID=172 South Egan Range Wilderness] - Friends of Nevada Wilderness]

Wildlife

The South Egan Range Wilderness provides important nesting habitat for golden eagles, kestrels, hawks, great horned owls, long-eared owls, turkey vultures, and hosts a large population of prairie falcons. Mule deer, elk, and a variety of upland game birds also live in the area.

ee also

*List of wilderness areas in Nevada
*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

References

External links

* [http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/gis/maps.Par.28150.File.dat/South_eagan_combined.pdf South Egan Range Wilderness fact sheet and map] - Nevada BLM
* [http://www.nevadawilderness.org/Library/area.asp?nMode=1&nLibraryID=172 South Egan Range Wilderness] - Friends of Nevada Wilderness
* [http://www.wilderness.org/WhereWeWork/Nevada/ScientistsSupportWhitePineCountyWilderness.cfm "Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada"] by the Wilderness Society