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The Owyhee River Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas: [4] [5]
News about Owyhee River protection, updates to the Northwest Forest Plan and repairs to a frequently traveled road to Terwilliger Hot Springs.
The Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas: [5] [6]
Under the proposal by Gov. Tina Kotek to establish a national monument in southeast Oregon's Owyhee Canyonlands, portions of the Owyhee River currently not carrying Wild and Scenic designations ...
The upper 20.8 miles (33.5 km) of the North Fork Owyhee River, from the Idaho–Oregon border to the upstream boundary of the wilderness, are part of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System. Of this total, 15.1 miles (24.3 km) are classified as wild and the remaining 5.7 miles (9.2 km) are classified "recreational".
The Owyhee River enters the Snake River from the west on the Oregon–Idaho border approximately 5 miles (8 km) south of Nyssa, Oregon, and 2 miles (3 km) south of the mouth of the Boise River. The final stretch of the river, below Owyhee Dam, emerges from the Owyhee Plateau and enters the Snake River Plain.
The Little Owyhee River is a 61-mile (98 km) long [3] tributary of the South Fork Owyhee River. Beginning at an elevation of 6,739 feet (2,054 m) [ 2 ] east of the Santa Rosa Range in eastern Humboldt County, Nevada , it flows generally east into Elko County, Nevada and the Owyhee Desert .
Blue Creek is a 53-mile (85 km) long [3] tributary of the Owyhee River in the U.S. state of Idaho.Beginning at an elevation of 6,097 feet (1,858 m) [2] in central Owyhee County, it flows generally south through the Owyhee Desert and near the community of Riddle, where it is roughly paralleled by Idaho State Highway 51.