The Raven Cliffs Wilderness was designated in 1986 and currently consists of . The Wilderness is located within the borders of the

Chattahoochee National Forest The Chattahoochee River () is a river in the Southeastern United States. It forms the southern half of the Alabama and Georgia border, as well as a portion of the Florida and Georgia border. It is a tributary of the Apalachicola River, a rela ...

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, Lumpkin, and Union Counties,

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. The Wilderness is managed by the

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and is part of the

National Wilderness Preservation System The National Wilderness Preservation System (NWPS) of the United States protects federal government of the United States, federally managed Wilderness, wilderness areas designated for preservation in their natural condition. Activity on formally ...

. Elevations in the Raven Cliffs Wilderness range from about on Boggs Creek to on Levelland Mountain. Logged in the early to mid-1900s, the forest has recovered with dense hardwoods and scattered pines, most of which have now celebrated their 60th birthday. Approximately of

trout Trout (: trout) is a generic common name for numerous species of carnivorous freshwater ray-finned fishes belonging to the genera '' Oncorhynchus'', ''Salmo'' and ''Salvelinus'', all of which are members of the subfamily Salmoninae in the ...

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, including Boggs Creek, attract many anglers and there is also abundant

wildlife Wildlife refers to domestication, undomesticated animals and uncultivated plant species which can exist in their natural habitat, but has come to include all organisms that grow or live wilderness, wild in an area without being species, introdu ...

. The Raven Cliff Falls and Raven Cliffs Scenic Area are also big attractions.

References

{{Protected areas of Georgia (U.S. state) IUCN Category Ib Protected areas of the Appalachians Protected areas of Lumpkin County, Georgia Protected areas of Union County, Georgia Protected areas of White County, Georgia Wilderness areas of Georgia (U.S. state) Protected areas established in 1986 Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest 1986 establishments in Georgia (U.S. state)