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Popular recreational activities in
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422:"Scientists Voice Their Overwhelming Support for Wilderness Designations in White Pine County, Nevada"
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trees crowd the moist drainages along the creeks that flow through the
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Various species of wildlife can be found in
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Vegetation in the
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603:Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails
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404:Goshute Canyon Wilderness Study Area fact sheet
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16:Wilderness area in Nevada, United States
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315:List of wilderness areas in Nevada
221:thrive in the higher elevations.
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418:- Friends of Nevada Wilderness
390:- Friends of Nevada Wilderness
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320:List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
147:42,544 acres (17,217 ha)
595:National Conservation Areas
529:Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM
345:"Goshute Canyon Wilderness"
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1284:Wilderness areas of Nevada
711:East Fork High Rock Canyon
251:Bonneville cutthroat trout
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1075:Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort
981:National Wildlife Refuges
539:National Recreation Areas
428:Goshute Canyon Wilderness
424:by the Wilderness Society
410:Goshute Canyon Wilderness
388:Goshute Canyon Wilderness
172:Goshute Canyon Wilderness
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1098:Big Bend of the Colorado
901:Santa Rosa–Paradise Peak
916:South Jackson Mountains
856:North Jackson Mountains
801:Little High Rock Canyon
851:North Black Rock Range
416:Bristlecone Wilderness
1186:Spring Mountain Ranch
966:Worthington Mountains
946:Wee Thump Joshua Tree
194:north of the town of
128:40.0520°N 114.8513°W
1080:Ward Charcoal Ovens
806:Meadow Valley Range
731:Fortification Range
241:in the Wilderness.
160:Governing body
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1146:Berlin–Ichthyosaur
926:South Pahroc Range
791:La Madre Mountains
507:Basin and Range NM
192:Cherry Creek Range
190:. Located in the
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155:December 20, 2006
97:Nearest city
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1279:IUCN Category Ib
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956:White Pine Range
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911:South Egan Range
886:Rainbow Mountain
861:North McCullough
811:Mormon Mountains
751:High Rock Canyon
696:Currant Mountain
691:Clover Mountains
686:Calico Mountains
623:Wilderness Areas
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1009:Moapa Valley
989:Anaho Island
891:Red Mountain
881:Quinn Canyon
876:Pinto Valley
871:Parsnip Peak
761:High Schells
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661:Black Canyon
641:Arrow Canyon
631:Alta Toquima
613:Sloan Canyon
412:- Nevada BLM
406:- Nevada BLM
362:. Retrieved
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1206:Washoe Lake
1166:Echo Canyon
994:Ash Meadows
866:Pahute Peak
846:Nellis Wash
796:Lime Canyon
746:Grant Range
681:Bristlecone
291:sage grouse
287:blue grouse
219:limber pine
215:bristlecone
207:pinyon pine
152:Established
131: /
119:114°51′05″W
107:Coordinates
1273:Categories
1227:Floyd Lamb
1201:Van Sickle
1141:Beaver Dam
1123:Wild Horse
1113:South Fork
1029:Stillwater
1014:Pahranagat
821:Mt Grafton
651:Becky Peak
331:References
301:Recreation
227:cottonwood
184:U.S. state
116:40°03′07″N
1156:Cave Lake
1108:Rye Patch
1019:Ruby Lake
906:Shellback
831:Mt Moriah
781:Jimbilnan
656:Big Rocks
547:Lake Mead
489:Monuments
364:August 9,
255:mule deer
1215:Previous
1103:Lahontan
826:Mt Irish
776:Jarbidge
721:Eldorado
636:Arc Dome
309:See also
245:Wildlife
79:Location
1024:Sheldon
836:Mt Rose
476:Federal
283:kestrel
211:juniper
182:in the
1161:Dayton
1004:Fallon
999:Desert
971:Wovoka
468:Nevada
295:marmot
293:, and
271:falcon
263:bobcat
239:cavers
196:Mcgill
188:Nevada
87:Nevada
1133:Other
1043:State
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275:eagle
223:Aspen
580:Inyo
556:USFS
487:and
366:2015
279:hawk
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144:Area
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