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Citico Creek Wilderness is a 16,226-acre (66 km 2) wilderness area within the Cherokee National Forest in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The wilderness contains the entire upper drainage of Citico Creek, which consists of the north and south forks and at least eight tributaries.
The Slickrock Creek basin is coated primarily by a mature second-growth cove hardwood forest, although a substantial old growth stand still exists in its upper watershed. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness borders the Citico Creek Wilderness , which lies within the Cherokee National Forest in Tennessee .
The Cherokee National Forest contains such notable sites as the Ocoee River (site of the 1996 Olympic whitewater events); 150 miles (240 km) of the Appalachian Trail; Citico Creek Wilderness; Big Frog Mountain within Big Frog Wilderness, and surrounds both the Tennessee Valley Authority Watauga Reservoir and Wilbur Reservoir.
Map of national forests and national grasslands of the United States. The United States has 154 protected areas known as national forests, covering 188,336,179 acres (762,169 km 2; 294,275 sq mi). [1] National forests are managed by the U.S. Forest Service, an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. [2]
Citico (also "Settaco", "Sitiku", and similar variations) is a prehistoric and historic Native American site in Monroe County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The site's namesake Cherokee village was the largest of the Overhill towns , housing an estimated Indian population of 1,000 by the mid-18th century. [ 1 ]
Little Jacks Creek Wilderness - 50,929 acres (20,610 ha) North Fork Owyhee Wilderness - 43,413 acres (17,569 ha) Pole Creek Wilderness - 12,533 acres (5,072 ha) The Act of 2009 added 517,025 acres (209,233 ha) of wilderness within the state of Idaho. The Owyhee River Wilderness accounts for 51.7% of that area. [4] [5]
House Bill 404, sponsored by Rep. James Petzke, R-Meridian, would give Idaho Department of Fish and Game officials an option to deny queries seeking GPS data, trail camera locations and radio ...
This national park and monument is located in central Idaho along the Snake RiverThe park covers an area of 410,000 acres (1,700 km 2) and has an average elevation of 5,900 ft (1,800 m) The area contains different volcanic formations, basalt flows, and significant lava flows, tubes, and tree molds. [6]