North Fork Owyhee Wilderness

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protected area wilderness area

North Fork Owyhee Wilderness is a remote, rugged federally designated wilderness area in southwestern Idaho known for its deep volcanic canyons, sagebrush steppe, and critical habitat for wildlife such as sage-grouse and raptors.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
North Fork Owyhee Wilderness canonical 1
Owyhee Mountains 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf protected area ⓘ
wilderness area ⓘ
access limited vehicle access to boundaries only ⓘ
primitive roads ⓘ
area 438000 acres ⓘ
about 1773 square kilometers ⓘ
characteristic remote ⓘ
rugged ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
countrySubdivision State of Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
designation federally designated wilderness ⓘ
ecosystem sagebrush steppe ecosystem ⓘ
established 2009 ⓘ
establishedBy Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 NERFINISHED ⓘ
feature basalt cliffs ⓘ
riparian corridors ⓘ
rock outcrops ⓘ
sagebrush uplands ⓘ
habitatFor bighorn sheep ⓘ
greater sage-grouse ⓘ
mule deer ⓘ
pronghorn ⓘ
raptors ⓘ
sagebrush-dependent species ⓘ
IUCNCategory Ib ⓘ
locatedIn Idaho ⓘ
Owyhee Canyonlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
Owyhee County, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInRegion southwestern Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOnRiver North Fork Owyhee River NERFINISHED ⓘ
managingAgency BLM Owyhee Field Office NERFINISHED ⓘ
Bureau of Land Management NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearestCity Jordan Valley, Oregon NERFINISHED ⓘ
Murphy, Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf National Wilderness Preservation System NERFINISHED ⓘ
Owyhee-Bruneau Canyonlands wilderness complex NERFINISHED ⓘ
protectionStatus mechanized equipment restricted ⓘ
motorized vehicles prohibited inside wilderness ⓘ
recreation hiking ⓘ
horseback riding ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
wildlife viewing ⓘ
state Idaho NERFINISHED ⓘ
terrain deep river canyons ⓘ
rimrock plateaus ⓘ
sagebrush steppe ⓘ
volcanic canyons ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Owyhee Canyonlands (Oregon portion) → containsProtectedArea → North Fork Owyhee Wilderness ⓘ
Owyhee derived from early spelling of Hawaii → preservedIn → North Fork Owyhee Wilderness ⓘ
this entity surface form: Owyhee Mountains