List of U.S. state and tribal wilderness areas

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List of wilderness areas designated by U.S. state and tribal governments. Eight states had designated wilderness programs in 2002 while some other states had designated wildernesses. In 2002, the 9 state programs had 74 wilderness areas with a total protected area of 2,668,903 acres (1,080.5 km²). Florida had had 10 wilderness areas but their authorizing legislation was repealed in 1989.

For federally-designated wildernesses, see List of U.S. wilderness areas. There are also privately-owned areas called wildernesses like the Nature Conservancy's 12,000-acre (4.9 km²) Disney Wilderness Preserve in Florida.

Contents

1 State wildernesses

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2 Tribal wildernesses

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2.2 Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission

3 External link

State wildernesses

3 areas in 2002, total area 922,700 acres (373.5 km²)

10 areas in 2002, total area 466,320 acres (188.8 km²)
Anza Borrego State Wilderness Area
Boney Mountains State Wilderness Area
Mount San Jacinto State Wilderness Area
Orestimba State Wilderness Area, officially called the Henry W. Coe State Wilderness
Santa Rosa Mountains State Wilderness Area
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park

Mitani-Tokuyasu State Wilderness Area

Alakai Wilderness Area - 9,000 acres (3.6 km²)

Allagash Wilderness Waterway

27 areas in 2002, total area 39,412 acres (15.9 km²)

1 area in 2002, total area 40,808 acres (16.5 km²)

state land within the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness

11 areas in 2002, total area 22,993 acres (9.3 km²)

21 areas in 2002, total area 1,170,312 acres (4,738.11 km²)
Adirondack Park:

High Peaks Wilderness Complex - 226,435 acres (916.74 km²)
Siamese Ponds Wilderness Area
Whitney Wilderness Area - 20,500 acres (83 km²)
Five Ponds Wilderness Area
Ha-Dee-Ron-Da Wilderness Area
North River Wilderness Area
Dix Mountain Wilderness Area
Giant Mountain Wilderness Area
Pharaoh Mountain Wilderness Area
Catskill Park:

Slide Mountain Wilderness Area 47,500 acres (190 km²)
Big Indian-Beaverkill Wilderness Area 33,000 acres (132 km²)
Indian Head Wilderness Area 16,800 acres (67.2 km²)
West Kill Wilderness Area 19,250 acres (77 km²)
''(A proposed revision to the Catskill State Land Master Plan would upgrade two other management units in the Catskills from wild forest to wilderness status and transfer some land currently considered wild forest to existing wilderness areas)

Mountain Bridge Wilderness

Bridgestone/Firestone Centennial Wilderness - 10,000 acres (4 km²)

1 area in 2002, total area 6,358 acres (2.6 km² )

Tribal wildernesses

Mission Mountains Tribal Wilderness

Great Lakes Indian Fish & Wildlife Commission

consisting of 11 Ojibwa tribes: Bay Mills Indian Community, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and Lac Vieux Desert band in Michigan; Bad River, Lac Courte Oreilles, Lac du Flambeau, Sokaogon Chippewa Community, Red Cliff and St. Croix bands in Wisconsin; and Fond du Lac and Mille Lacs bands in Minnesota.

in Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest, Wisconsin
*Blackjack Springs
*Headwaters
*Porcupine Lake
*Rainbow
*Whisker Lake
in Ottawa National Forest, Michigan
*McCormick
*Sturgeon River Gorge
*Sylvania
in Hiawatha National Forest, Michigan
*Big Island Lake
*Delirium
*Horseshoe Bay
*Mackinac
*Rock River Canyon
*Round Island
in Huron-Manistee National Forest, Michigan
*Nordhouse Dunes

External link

[2002 survey of state wilderness areas]

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