Doc's Pass Wilderness is a
wilderness area
Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural), are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation. The term has traditionally re ...
in the US state of
Utah
Utah ( , ) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. Utah is a landlocked U.S. state bordered to its east by Colorado, to its northeast by Wyoming, to its north by Idaho, to its south by Arizona, and to its ...
. It was designated March 30, 2009, as part of the
Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009
The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 (, ) is a land management law passed in the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. The bill designates millions of acres in the US as protected ...
. Located adjacent to
Nevada
Nevada ( ; ) is a state in the Western region of the United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th-most extensive, ...
in the northwestern corner of
Washington County, it protects a portion of the
Bull Valley Mountains and the watershed of five miles of a perennial, free-flowing stream within
Beaver Dam Wash
The Beaver Dam Wash is a seasonal stream near the southwestern Utah-Nevada border in the United States. At its southern end in northern Arizona, near the point where it empties into the Virgin River, the stream flows throughout the year. Part of t ...
. This stream provides habitat for a wide range of native fish, and the riparian zone supports numerous mammals.
Doc's Pass Wilderness is located near
Cougar Canyon Wilderness and
Slaughter Creek Wilderness, only separated by a road, and is part of the extended
Zion Wilderness landscape.
See also
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List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
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Wilderness Act
The Wilderness Act of 1964 () was written by Howard Zahniser of The Wilderness Society. It created the legal definition of wilderness in the United States, and protected 9.1 million acres (37,000 km²) of federal land. The result of a lo ...
References
External links
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U.S. Geological Survey Mapat the U.S. Geological Survey Map Website. Retrieved April 11, 2023.
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Wilderness areas of Utah
Protected areas of Washington County, Utah
Bureau of Land Management areas in Utah