How large is the Lake Isabella State Forest, as compared to the 1090000 acre wilderness area where it is located?
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Lake Isabella State Forest The Lake Isabella State Forest is a state forest located in Lake County, Minnesota. The forest is located completely within the Superior National Forest and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, and is thus subject to the management of the United States Forest Service. At 638 acre , it one of the smallest forests in the Minnesota state system.
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Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness The Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW or BWCA), is a 1090000 acre wilderness area within the Superior National Forest in northeastern Minnesota (United States) under the administration of the U.S. Forest Service. A mixture of north woods forests and glacial lakes and streams, the BWCAW's preservation as a primitive wilderness began in the 1900s and culminated in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness Act of 1978. It is a popular destination for both canoeing and fishing on its many lakes and is one of the most visited wildernesses in the United States.
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Lake Isabella – Cal Brewer Memorial Airport Lake Isabella – Cal Brewer Memorial Airport (FAA LID: D15) is a public use airport located one nautical mile (2 km) east of the central business district of Lake Isabella, in Isabella County, Michigan, United States. The airport is owned by the Village of Lake Isabella. It was formerly known as Lake Isabella Airpark.
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Lake of the Woods (California) The Lake of the Woods is a backcountry glacial lake in the Desolation Wilderness of the El Dorado National Forest, southwest of Lake Tahoe, in El Dorado County, California. It lies just southeast of Lake Aloha.
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Protected areas of Michigan The protected areas of Michigan come in an array of different types and levels of protection. Michigan has five units of the National Park Service system. There are 14 federal wilderness areas; the majority of these are also tribal-designated wildernesses. It has one of the largest state forest systems as well having four national forests. The state maintains a large state park system and there are also regional parks, and county, township and city parks. Still other parks on land and in the Great Lakes are maintained by other governmental bodies. Private protected areas also exist in the state, mainly lands owned by land conservancies.
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Wisconsin Islands Wilderness The Wisconsin Islands Wilderness is a 29 acre wilderness area located in Door County in northeastern Wisconsin. It is one of the smallest wilderness areas in the United States. Managed by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, the wilderness area is composed of three islands in Lake Michigan.
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Statue Lake Statue Lake is a lake located in the Russian Wilderness, which itself is located in the Klamath National Forest in California. The back wall of the lake is framed with statues, from which the lake received its name.
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Mount Baker Wilderness Mount Baker Wilderness is a 119,989 acre wilderness area within the Mount Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest in the western Cascade Range of northern Washington state. Its eastern border is shared with the boundary of the Stephen Mather Wilderness and North Cascades National Park for a distance of 40 miles (65 kilometers). The wilderness extends from State Route 20 north to the Canada–US border. On the west, it is bounded by the foothills of the Puget Sound lowlands.
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Alexander Springs Wilderness Alexander Springs Wilderness is located in the U.S. state of Florida and was designated in 1984 by the United States Congress. The wilderness has a total of 7,941 acres (32 km) and is within Ocala National Forest, which is the oldest National Forest east of the Mississippi River. Alexander Springs is home to a variety of wildlife including otters, alligators, and turtles. The wilderness also contains the only 1st magnitude spring in all the U.S. National Forests and
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Upper Burro Creek Wilderness Upper Burro Creek Wilderness is a 27,440-acre (11,100 ha) wilderness area located in Yavapai and Mohave Counties in the U.S. state of Arizona, approximately 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the town of Bagdad.
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Eagle Cap Wilderness Eagle Cap Wilderness is a wilderness area located in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon (United States), within the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest. The wilderness was established in 1940. In 1964, it was included in the National Wilderness Preservation System. A boundary revision in 1972 added 73000 acre and the Wilderness Act of 1984 added 66100 acre resulting in a current total of 361446 acres , making Eagle Cap by far Oregon's largest wilderness area.
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Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness Pine Valley Mountain Wilderness is a 50232 acre wilderness area located in the Dixie National Forest in the U.S. state of Utah. It is the fourth-largest wilderness area located entirely within the state (following the High Uintas Wilderness, Zion Wilderness, and Cedar Mountain Wilderness). The wilderness designation protects the Pine Valley Mountain range, a large rock outcrop surrounded by desert. The Pine Valley Mountains form the Pine Valley Laccolith, one of the largest laccoliths in the United States. Elevations in the wilderness range from 6000 ft to 10365 ft at the summit of Signal Peak.
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Lake Isabel (Colorado) Lake Isabel is located within the San Isabel National Forest in Pueblo County and Custer County, Colorado, United States. The lake is in the Wet Mountains. The lake is largely open to fishing year around and is regularly stocked by the Colorado Department of Wildlife. Available activities include fishing, hiking, camping and sledding in the winter.
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Christina Lake (Minnesota) Christina Lake is a lake situated in west-central Minnesota. It is primarily situated in Douglas County, with its western part extending into Grant County. The lake measures 3978 acre , with an average depth of 4 ft . The lake is a designated Wildlife Management Lake and is nationally recognized for providing a staging area for migrating waterfowl, particularly the canvasback. Literally tens-of-thousands of waterfowl can be seen clustered in huge rafts across the expanse of the lake during peak migration, making the spot a primary destination for birders and waterfowlers.
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Jackson Lake State Park (Ohio) Jackson Lake State Park is a 349 acre Ohio state park in Jackson County, Ohio, in the United States. The park was established as a state park in 1979. It had previously been a "state reserve", similar to a park but with less development. The forests in and around Jackson Lake State Park were previously harvested to fire the furnaces of numerous iron works that were located in southern Ohio in the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains. Recreational activities available at the park include camping, boating, fishing, swimming and picnicking.
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Weminuche Wilderness The Weminuche Wilderness is a wilderness area in southwest Colorado managed by the United States Forest Service as part of the San Juan National Forest on the west side of the Continental Divide and the Rio Grande National Forest on the east side of the divide. It is about 5 mi south east of the town of Silverton and about 15 mi northeast of Durango. At 488210 acre , it is the largest wilderness area in the state of Colorado. The wilderness was named after the Weminuche Indians.
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Lake Monroe (Indiana) Lake Monroe is a reservoir located about 10 miles (16 km) southeast of Bloomington, Indiana, United States. The lake is the largest entirely situated in Indiana with 10,750 acre of water surface area spread over the counties of Monroe and Brown. Capacity varies from 292 GL to 428 GL depending on water level. It is also home to 13,202 acre of protected forest and three recreational areas (Fairfax, Hardin Ridge, and Paynetown). Indiana's only federally protected U.S. Wilderness Area, the 13000 acre Charles C. Deam Wilderness Area, is located on the south shore. The pool elevation (above sea level) is about 538 ft (164 m) year-round. During colder winters, limited ice fishing is available on protected backwater portions of the reservoir.
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Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest Northern Highland-American Legion State Forest is a Wisconsin state forest of more than 225000 acre across Vilas, Oneida, and Iron counties in north-central Wisconsin. The state forest includes numerous lakes, rivers, and streams. The most prominent rivers are the Wisconsin, Flambeau, and Manitowish. The state forest supports a large variety of outdoor recreation activities including camping, hiking, snowmobiling, bicycling, boating, fishing, hunting, and birdwatching. In addition to recreational activities the state forest also hosts a number of research programs. The forest is a state-managed timber resource providing opportunities for commercial logging, individual firewood collection, and individual Christmas tree harvesting.
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Laguna Niguel Lake Laguna Niguel Lake, formerly known as Sulphur Creek Reservoir, is an artificial 44 acre fishing and recreational lake in Laguna Niguel, California. It is created by the Sulphur Creek Dam, which was completed in 1966. It is located at and is 190 ft above sea level. It is fed from two sources, one of which is Sulphur Creek itself and the other, a storm drain. It is accessed from La Paz Road, which runs along its east shore. Surrounding the reservoir is the Laguna Niguel Regional Park. In addition, within the lake on the large island is a protected bird sanctuary.
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Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness The Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the southern part of the Santa Rosa Range in Humboldt County, in northern Nevada in the western United States. It covers an area of approximately 31000 acre , and is administered by the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest.
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Cache La Poudre Wilderness The Cache la Poudre Wilderness is federally-protected area administered by the U.S. Forest Service, a division of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It is located on the Canyon Lakes Ranger District on the Roosevelt National Forest in Colorado. This wilderness covers 9258 acre and is characterized by steep, rugged terrain along the Cache la Poudre River. Elevations in this area varies from 6200 ft to 8600 ft . Only one trail, the Mount McConnel National Recreation Trail that is 3 mi long, exists in this wilderness, and 9 mi of the Little South Fork of the Cache La Poudre River flow through the wilderness.
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Oswego Lake Oswego Lake is a lake in Clackamas County, Oregon that is completely surrounded by the city of Lake Oswego. Though the lake is naturally occurring (a former channel of the Tualatin River), it has been significantly altered because of the concrete dam that has increased its size to 395 acre . The United States Geological Survey records the official name as "Lake Oswego" and, because of its artificially increased size, classifies it as a reservoir. To distinguish it from the city, however, the lake is usually called "Oswego Lake".