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Weitas Creek Roadless Area

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*Size: 240,000 acres*   Weitas Creek lies in the North Fork Clearwater drainage, separated from Pot Mountain Roadless Area to the north by a single road. This sprawling low elevation country is rare in our region and it provides crucial winter range for elk, as well as clear, cold water for bull and cuttthroat trout. It is home to at least one wolf pack and is also the location of recent unconfirmed grizzly sightings. Weitas Creek provides clean water for the North Fork Clearwater River. Upper Cayuse Creek and the North Fork tributary contain some of the largest stands of old growth left in the entire Clearwater Basin. Low elevation river valleys such as this often do not escape roading. It is for this reason as well as the unparalleled fish populations that make Weitas Creek a prime candidate for wilderness designation.

Location

Weitas Creek Roadless Area46° 35' 3.66" N, 115° 13' 58.2564" W

Upper Bear Creek Roadless Area

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Size: 700,000 acres This area has been in wilderness proposals though it was inadvertently neglected in the Nez Perce forest plan inventory. However, it appears to have been included in Bitterroot National Forest inventories as it is contiguous with the Selway Bitterroot additions on that forest (although it is in Idaho, in the Nez Perce National Forest).

Location

Upper Bear Creek Roadless Area45° 26' 59.6364" N, 115° 55' 3.468" W
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