Blackridge Wilderness

Protected area in Utah, United States

Blackridge Wilderness

IUCN category Ib (wilderness area)

Blackridge Wilderness

Location| Washington County, Utah, USA
Nearest city| Cedar City, UT
Coordinates| 37°20′21″N 113°13′32″W﻿ / ﻿37.3392213055°N 113.225425663°W﻿ / 37.3392213055; -113.225425663[1]
Area| 13,108 acres (5,305 ha)
Established| March 30, 2009
Governing body| Bureau of Land Management

Blackridge Wilderness is a 13,108-acre (5,305 ha) wilderness area in the state of Utah. It was designated March 30, 2009, as part of the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. Located adjacent to the Kolob Canyons section of Zion National Park, it protects a Black Ridge, formed by the Hurricane Fault, as well as a long stretch of LaVerkin Creek, a tributary of the Wild and Scenic Virgin River.[2] Blackridge Wilderness is bordered by the Zion Wilderness to the northeast.

## Flora and fauna

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Ecosystems in the Blackridge Wilderness range from low desert at the bottom of LaVerkin Creek, through pinyon-juniper woodlands in the middle elevations, and ponderosa pine, Douglas fir, and aspen forests at the highest elevations. Hanging gardens grow on some canyon walls. The wilderness and creek also offer habitat for mountain lion, mule deer, many species of raptor, and numerous small animals.[3]

## See also

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* List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
* Wilderness Act

## References

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1. ^ "Blackridge Wilderness Map". Wilderness.net. Retrieved 2011-08-10.
2. ^ Virgin River, Utah Archived 2009-09-24 at the Wayback Machine \- National Wild and Scenic Rivers System
3. ^ Blackridge Wilderness Archived 2011-06-09 at the Wayback Machine \- Public Lands Information Center

## External links

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* "Blackridge Wilderness". Wilderness.net.
* "Map of wilderness areas in northeastern Washington County, Utah".

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Protected areas of Utah

Federal|

| National Parks|

* Arches
* Bryce Canyon
* Canyonlands
* Capitol Reef
* Zion

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NPS National Monuments|

* Cedar Breaks
* Dinosaur
* Hovenweep
* Natural Bridges
* Rainbow Bridge
* Timpanogos Cave

National Historic Parks|

* Golden Spike

National Recreation Areas|

* Flaming Gorge
* Glen Canyon

National Historic Trails|

* California
* Mormon Pioneer
* Pony Express
* Old Spanish

National Forests|

* Ashley
* Caribou–Targhee
* Dixie
* Fishlake
* Manti–La Sal
* Sawtooth
* Uinta–Wasatch–Cache

Forest Service areas|

* Desert Biosphere Reserve

National Wildlife Refuges|

* Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge
* Fish Springs
* Ouray

National Conservation Areas|

* Beaver Dam Wash
* John Wesley Powell
* Red Cliffs

BLM National Monuments|

* Bears Ears
* Grand Staircase–Escalante
* Jurassic National Monument

U.S. Wilderness Areas|

* Ashdown Gorge
* Beartrap Canyon
* Beaver Dam Mountains
* Black Ridge Canyons
* Blackridge
* Box-Death Hollow
* Canaan Mountain
* Cedar Mountain
* Cottonwood Canyon
* Cottonwood Forest
* Cougar Canyon
* Dark Canyon
* Deep Creek
* Deep Creek North
* Deseret Peak
* Doc's Pass
* Goose Creek
* High Uintas
* LaVerkin Creek
* Lone Peak
* Mount Naomi
* Mount Nebo
* Mount Olympus
* Mount Timpanogos
* Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs
* Pine Valley Mountain
* Red Butte
* Red Mountains
* Slaughter Creek
* Taylor Creek
* Twin Peaks
* Wellsville Mountain
* Zion

Wild and Scenic Rivers|

* Green River
* Virgin River

State|

| State Parks
Northern Region|

* Antelope Island
* Bear Lake
* Camp Floyd
* Deer Creek
* East Canyon
* Echo
* Flight Park
* Fred Hayes at Starvation
* Great Salt Lake
* Historic Union Pacific Rail Trail
* Hyrum
* Jordan River OHV Park
* Jordanelle
* Lost Creek
* Red Fleet
* Rockport
* Steinaker
* Utah Field House
* Utah Lake
* Wasatch Mountain
* Willard Bay

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State Parks
Central Region|

* Fremont Indian
* Goblin Valley
* Green River
* Huntington
* Millsite
* Palisade
* Scofield
* Territorial Statehouse
* Utahraptor
* Yuba

State Parks
Southern Region|

* Anasazi
* Coral Pink Sand Dunes
* Dead Horse Point
* Edge of the Cedars
* Escalante Petrified Forest
* Frontier Homestead
* Goosenecks
* Gunlock
* Kodachrome Basin
* Otter Creek
* Piute
* Quail Creek
* Sand Hollow
* Snow Canyon

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