The Jarbidge Wilderness is a

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located in the Jarbidge Mountains of northern Elko County in northeastern

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. It is contained within the Jarbidge Ranger District of the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. "Jarbidge" is a name derived from the Shoshone language meaning "devil". Indians believed the hills in the area were haunted.

Geography

The original Jarbidge Wilderness was established by the 1964

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, and was the first wilderness area protected in Nevada. Expanded in 1989 by the Nevada Wilderness Act, this wilderness is now over . The wilderness area contains the headwaters of both the Marys and

Jarbidge River The Jarbidge River is a , high elevation river in Elko County, Nevada, and Owyhee County, Idaho, in the United States. The Jarbidge originates as two main forks in the Jarbidge Mountains of northeastern Nevada and then flows through basalt and r ...

s, and of

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. Emerald and Jarbidge Lakes are also within its boundaries. Nearly ten mountain peaks of greater than are located within the wilderness. Native

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s include Subalpine Fir, Whitebark Pine, and

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forests, riparian woodlands, and sagebrush steppe.

Climate

Pole Creek Ranger Station is on the northwestern edge of Jarbidge Wilderness. SnowslideGulchNV

References

External links

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Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.gov: official Jarbidge Wilderness webpage

Wilderness.net: Jarbidge Wilderness

Wilderness areas of Nevada Humboldt–Toiyabe National Forest Protected areas of Elko County, Nevada Protected areas established in 1964 1964 establishments in Nevada IUCN Category Ib {{ElkoCountyNV-geo-stub

Geography

Climate

See also

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