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The White Mountain National Forest (WMNF) is a federally managed forest contained within the White Mountains in the northeastern United States. It was established in 1918 as a result of the Weeks Act of 1911; [3] federal acquisition of land had already begun in 1914. [4]
The White Mountains are a physiographic section of the larger New England province, which in turn is part of the larger Appalachian Highlands physiographic division. [2]The magma intrusions forming the White Mountains today were created 124 to 100 million years ago as the North American Plate moved westward over the New England hotspot.
The Pemigewasset Wilderness is a 45,000-acre (182 km 2) federally designated Wilderness Area in the heart of New Hampshire's White Mountains. It is a part of the White Mountain National Forest. It is New Hampshire's largest wilderness area. [1] The Wilderness Area consists of the upper watershed of the East Branch of the Pemigewasset River, and ...
The Presidential Traverse is a strenuous and sometimes dangerous trek over the Presidential Range of New Hampshire's White Mountains. Contained almost entirely in the 750,000-acre (3,000 km 2) White Mountain National Forest, the Presidential Range is a string of summits in excess of 4,000 feet (1,200 m). To complete the traverse, one must begin ...
The White Mountain Wilderness is a 46,963 acre designated wilderness area managed by the United States Forest Service.Located in the Smokey Bear Ranger District of the Lincoln National Forest, the White Mountain Wilderness lies in the Sierra Blanca mountains of south central New Mexico, approximately 15 miles (24 km) north northwest of the town of Ruidoso.
In this 2018 map by the N.H. Department of Transportation, the White Mountains region is located in the north-central portion of New Hampshire, colored orange in this map. The White Mountains Region is a tourism region designated by the New Hampshire Division of Travel and Tourism. [1]
The forest is east of the Owens Valley, high on the eastern face of the White Mountains in the upper Fish Lake-Soda Spring Watershed, above the northernmost reach of the Mojave Desert into Great Basin ecotone. [3] The forest's mountain habitat is in the Central Basin and Range ecoregion (EPA) and Great Basin montane forests (One Earth). [4]
The White Mountains Wilderness is a wilderness area in the White Mountains of California, United States. It was established by Congress in 2009 with a total of 228,454 acres (924.52 km 2 ). The wilderness is largely managed by the Inyo National Forest , with 24,162 acres (9,778 ha) managed by the Bureau of Land Management .