Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act
Name Area Agency County
Sanhedrin 10,571 acres ( 42.78 km ) Mendocino National Forest Mendocino , Lake
Yuki 53,887 acres ( 218.07 km ) Mendocino National Forest Mendocino , Lake
Mount Lassic 7,279 acres ( 29.46 km ) Six Rivers National Forest Humboldt , Trinity
Cache Creek 27,245 acres ( 110.26 km ) Bureau of Land Management Lake
Cedar Roughs 6,350 acres ( 25.7 km ) Bureau of Land Management Napa
South Fork Eel River 12,915 acres ( 52.27 km ) Bureau of Land Management Mendocino
King Range 43,585 acres ( 176.38 km ) Bureau of Land Management Mendocino , Humboldt
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The Northern California Coastal Wild Heritage Wilderness Act is a U.S. federal law enacted in 2006 that enlarged existing wilderness boundaries and created new wilderness areas for protection under the National Wilderness Preservation System. These newly designated protected wilderness areas help safeguard habitat for more than 250 endangered species including the California condor and the bristlecone pine, the oldest living trees on earth. It also added Wild and Scenic status to sections of the Black Butte River, created the Cow Mountain Recreation Area and designated the Elkhorn Ridge Potential Wilderness Area. The Act was sponsored by Representative Mike Thompson and Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, and was signed into law on October 17, 2006.