882 Yearbook^ of Agriculture 1949 



WILDERNESS AREAS AND WILD AREAS IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS Continued 



OREGON Continued 



Name 



Mount Hood, Wild Area (14,160 

 acres). 



Mount Jefferson, Wild Area 

 (86,700 acres). 



Mountain Lakes, Wild Area 



(23,071 acres). 

 Strawberry Mountain, Wild 



Area (34,080 acres). 



High Uintas, Wilderness Area 

 (240,717 acres). 



North Cascade, Wilderness Area 

 (801,000 acres). 



Goat Rocks, Wild Area (82,680 

 acres). 



Mount Adams, Wild Area 

 (42,411 acres). 



Bridger, Wilderness Area (383,- 

 ooo acres). 



Glacier, Wilderness Area (177,- 

 OOO acres). 



North Absaroka, Wilderness 



Area (379,460 acres). 

 South Absaroka, Wilderness Area 



(614,216 acres). 

 Stratified, Wilderness Area 



(147,000 acres). 



Teton, Wilderness Area (565,291 

 acres). 



Cloud Peak, Wild Area (94,000 



acres). 

 Popo Agie, Wild Area (70,000 



acres). 



National forest and 



headquarters 

 Mount Hood (Port- 

 land). 



;Deschutes (Bend) . \ 

 Mount Hood (Port- 1 

 land). 

 Willamette(Eugene)J 

 Rogue River (Med- 



ford). 

 Malheur (John Day) . 



UTAH 



Ashley (Vernal). 

 Wasatch (Salt Lake ; 

 City). 



Special features 



Occupies the high country north and west of the 

 summit of famous Mount Hood, with two 

 outstanding examples of alpine meadows. 



Snow-capped Mount Jefferson, with perpetual 

 glaciers is main feature. Second highest peak 

 in Oregon. 



A rugged area, 80 percent of which is between 



6,OOO and 7,000 feet elevation. 

 Bow-and-arrow deer hunting; good fishing in 



alpine lakes. 



A wild picturesque region in the Uinta Range, 

 the highest in Utah and the only prominent 

 east-west range in the United States. Rich 

 in scenic, geological, and biological interest. 



WASHINGTON 



Chelan (Okanogan) . 

 Mount Baker (Bel- 



lingham). 

 Columbia (Vancou- 



ver). 

 Snoqualmie (Seattle) 



An area to satisfy the most ardent wilderness 



traveler; he can travel for months without 



retracing his steps. 

 Extremely precipitous peaks; glaciers; several 



large lakes; great profusion of mountain flora. 



Mountain goats are abundant. 



Columbia (Vancou- Largely above timber line; spectacular "Around 



ver). 



the Mountain" trail. 



WYOMING 



Bridger (Kemmerer) . Includes barren, grassland, water, and timbered 

 areas; rises to 13,785 feet at the summit of 

 Gannett Peak, the highest in Wyoming. 



Shoshone (Cody). . . Of extremely rugged topography, including Fre- 

 mont Peak, innumerable alpine lakes, and some 

 of the largest living glaciers in the Nation. 



Shoshone (Cody)... Includes glaciers, natural bridge, standing petri- 

 fied trees. Excellent hunting, fishing, camping. 



Shoshone (Cody) . . . Fishhawk Glacier; deep, straight-walled canyons; 

 back country pack horse trips. 



Shoshone (Cody) ... A region of narrow valleys and broad flat-topped 

 mountains, built up of lava flow. Rich in 

 petrified forest remains and abounds in game. 



Teton (Jackson) ... Outstanding in the amount of big game. An 

 area of high plateaus, large valleys, and 

 mountain meadows. 



Bighorn (Sheridan). Rugged, precipitous country rising to 13,165 

 feet. 



Shoshone (Cody) . . . Extremely rough topography along the Conti- 

 nental Divide. Contains 75 lakes. 



