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The wilderness areas are managed by the US Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management, US Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Park Service. Rarely, if ever, are designated wilderness areas stand alone protected areas, and thus their areas are, in all likelihood, already accounted for in the various agencies' inventories.
The United States Forest Service (USFS) is an agency within the U.S. Department of Agriculture that administers the nation's 154 national forests and 20 national grasslands covering 193 million acres (780,000 km 2) of land. [5]
The California Wilderness Act of 1984 is a federal law (Public Law 98-425), passed by the United States Congress on September 28, 1984, that authorized the addition of over 3 million acres (12,000 km 2) [1] within the state of California to the National Wilderness Preservation System.
Jackson Demonstration State Forest: 48,652 acres (196.89 km 2) Mendocino: Fort Bragg: 1949 [3] Las Posadas State Forest: 796 acres (3.22 km 2) Napa: Angwin [2] LaTour Demonstration State Forest: 9,033 acres (36.56 km 2) Shasta: Redding: 1949 [4] Mount Zion Demonstration State Forest: 164 acres (0.66 km 2) Amador - 1981 [2] Mountain Home ...
The Siskiyou National Forest was established on October 5, 1906. On July 1, 1908, it absorbed Coquille National Forest and other lands. Rogue River National Forest traces its establishment back to the creation of the Ashland Forest Reserve on September 28, 1893, by the United States General Land Office. The lands were transferred to the Forest ...
Mendocino National Forest: USFS CA 10,571 16.517 4,278 42.78 October 17, 2006: Santa Lucia: Los Padres National Forest, California BLM Central California District BLM CA 20,486 32.009 8,290 82.90 February 24, 1978: Santa Rosa: Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: BLM, USFS CA 72,679 113.561 29,412 294.12 September 28, 1984
U.S. Forest Service The Marble Mountain Wilderness is a 241,744-acre (978.30 km 2 ) [ 3 ] wilderness area located 60 miles (97 km) southwest of Yreka, California , in the United States. It is managed by the United States Forest Service and is within the Klamath National Forest in Siskiyou County . [ 1 ]
The US Forest Service administers 20 million acres or approximately one-fifth of California's landscape. Sierra Pacific Industries , based in Redding, California , owns and manages roughly 1.4 million acres (5,700 km 2 ) of forestland in California, making it the largest private forest owner in the state.