Becky Peak Wilderness

Becky Peak Wilderness

Infobox_protected_area | name = Becky Peak Wilderness
iucn_category = Ib



caption =
locator_x = 44
locator_y = 70
location = Nevada USA
nearest_city = McGill, Nevada
lat_degrees = 39
lat_minutes = 59
lat_seconds = 07
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 114
long_minutes = 35
long_seconds = 06
long_direction = W
area = convert|18119|acre|km2|1|sing=off
established = 2006
governing_body = U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Becky Peak Wilderness is a convert|18119|acre|km2|1|sing=on wilderness area in White Pine County, in the U.S. state of Nevada. Located north of the town of Mcgill, the Wilderness was created by the White Pine County Conservation, Recreation and Development Act of 2006 and is administered by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. [http://www.nevadawilderness.org/library/area.asp?nMode=1&nLibraryID=14 Bald Mountain Wilderness] - Friends of Nevada Wilderness]

Located at the northern end of the Schell Creek Range, vegetation in the Wilderness consists primarily of desert brush and grass at the lower elevations and a scattering of pinyon pine and juniper stands on the upland slopes of Becky Peak and surrounding hillsides. [http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/gis/maps.Par.26514.File.dat/Becky_peak_combined.pdf Becky Peak Wilderness] - Nevada BLM]

References

ee also

*List of wilderness areas in Nevada
*List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
*Wilderness Act

External links

* [http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/nv/gis/maps.Par.26514.File.dat/Becky_peak_combined.pdf Nevada Bureau of Land Management] - Becky Peak Wilderness
* [http://www.nevadawilderness.org/library/area.asp?nMode=1&nLibraryID=14 Friends of Nevada Wilderness] - Becky Peak Wilderness
* [http://www.wilderness.org/WhereWeWork/Nevada/ScientistsSupportWhitePineCountyWilderness.cfm "Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada"] by the Wilderness Society


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