Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest
IUCN category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources)
The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest in the Spring Mountains

Location	California and Nevada, United States
Nearest city	Reno, NV
Coordinates	39°15′15″N 117°07′40″W / 39.254041°N 117.127767°W / 39.254041; -117.127767Coordinates: 39°15′15″N 117°07′40″W / 39.254041°N 117.127767°W / 39.254041; -117.127767
Area	6,289,821 acres (25,454.00 km²)^[1]
Established	Humboldt July 1, 1908; Toiyabe March 2, 1907^[2]
Governing body	U.S. Forest Service
http://www.fs.usda.gov/htnf

The Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest (HTNF) is the principal U.S. National Forest in the U.S. state of Nevada, and has a smaller portion in Eastern California. With an area of 6,289,821 acres (25,454.00 km²), it is the largest National Forest of the United States outside of Alaska.

Geography

Lamoille Canyon Scenic Byway

HTNF does not resemble most other National Forests in that it has numerous fairly large but non-contiguous sections scattered about most of the state of Nevada and a portion of eastern California. Its 10 ranger districts are scattered across the many mountain ranges in Nevada, from the Santa Rosa Range in the north to the Spring Mountains near Las Vegas in the south. A part of the forest (about 11%) is in eastern California, in the areas around Bridgeport and Markleeville, and other areas east of the Sierra Nevada.

The forest lies in 13 counties in Nevada and 6 in California. The counties with the largest amount of forest land are Nye, Elko, and White Pine in Nevada, and Mono County in California, but there are 15 other counties with land in this widely dispersed forest. Forest headquarters are located in Sparks, Nevada.

Humboldt National Forest section

The smaller and more northeasterly Humboldt National Forest is located generally in eastern and northern Nevada, in parts of Elko, White Pine, Humboldt, Nye, and Lincoln counties. It has about 43.5% of the total area. There are local ranger district offices located in Ely, Elko, Wells, and Winnemucca.

Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest

Toiyabe National Forest section

The larger and more southwesterly Toiyabe National Forest is located generally in central, western, and southern Nevada and eastern California, in parts of Nye, Lander, Mineral, Lyon, Eureka, Washoe, Douglas, and Clark counties and Carson City in Nevada, and Mono, Alpine, Sierra, Nevada, Lassen, and El Dorado counties in California. It has about 56.5% of the total area. There are local ranger district offices located in Austin, Bridgeport, Carson City, Las Vegas, and Tonopah. (Bridgeport is the only station that is in California.)

Ranger Districts

Summer wildflowers in Copper Basin (Jarbidge and Mountain City ranger districts)

Austin Ranger District - around Austin, including Shoshone Mountains
Bridgeport Ranger District - around Bridgeport
Carson Ranger District - near Carson City
Ely Ranger District - around Ely, Nevada
Jarbidge Ranger District - near Jarbidge
Mountain City Ranger District - near Mountain City
Ruby Mountains Ranger District - Ruby Mountains and East Humboldt Range

(formerly Ruby Mountains National Forest)

Spring Mountains National Recreation Area - Spring Mountains
Santa Rosa Ranger District - Santa Rosa Range
Tonopah Ranger District - near Tonopah, Nevada, including Toiyabe Range, Toquima Range, Monitor Range, and Hot Creek Range

Wilderness areas

Humboldt National Forest

Lamoille Lake in the Ruby Mountains

Toiyabe National Forest

Alta Toquima Wilderness
Arc Dome Wilderness
Carson-Iceberg Wilderness (partly in Stanislaus NF)
Hoover Wilderness (partly in Inyo NF)
La Madre Mountain Wilderness (mostly BLM)
Mokelumne Wilderness (mostly in Eldorado NF and partly in Stanislaus NF)^[3]
Mount Charleston Wilderness (partly BLM)
Mount Rose Wilderness
Rainbow Mountain Wilderness (mostly BLM)
Table Mountain Wilderness

The Santa Rosa Range within the Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Wilderness area.

Counties

In descending order of forest land area within the counties:^[4]

Nevada counties

Nye, Elko, White Pine, Lander, Humboldt, Mineral, Lyon, Eureka, Washoe, Douglas, Clark, Lincoln, Carson City

California counties

Mono, Alpine, Sierra, Nevada, Lassen, El Dorado

References

↑ "Humboldt - Toiyabe National Forest webpage". U.S. Department of Agriculture. June 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
↑ "Land Areas of the National Forest System" (PDF). U.S. Forest Service. November 2014. Retrieved August 9, 2015.
↑ "Acreage breakdown". Wilderness.net. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
↑ http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2007/TABLE_6.htm

External links

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Protected areas of Nevada

Federal

National Parks and Monuments	Basin and Range NM Death Valley NP Great Basin NP Tule Springs Fossil Beds NM

National Recreation Areas	Lake Mead Spring Mountains (USFS)

National Forests	Humboldt-Toiyabe Inyo Lake Tahoe Basin

National Conservation Areas	Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails Red Rock Canyon Sloan Canyon

National Wilderness Areas	Alta Toquima Arc Dome Arrow Canyon Bald Mountain Becky Peak Big Rocks Black Canyon Black Rock Desert Boundary Peak Bridge Canyon Bristlecone Calico Mountains Clover Mountains Currant Mountain Death Valley Delamar Mountains East Fork High Rock Canyon East Humboldt Eldorado Far South Egans Fortification Range Goshute Canyon Government Peak Grant Range High Rock Canyon High Rock Lake High Schells Highland Ridge Ireteba Peaks Jarbidge Jimbilnan Jumbo Springs La Madre Mountain Lime Canyon Little High Rock Canyon Meadow Valley Range Mormon Mountains Mt Charleston Mt Grafton Mt Irish Mt Moriah Mt Rose Muddy Mountains Nellis Wash North Black Rock Range North Jackson Mountains North McCullough Pahute Peak Parsnip Peak Pinto Valley Quinn Canyon Rainbow Mountain Red Mountain Ruby Mountains Santa Rosa-Paradise Peak Shellback South Egan Range South Jackson Mountains South McCullough South Pahroc Range Spirit Mountain Table Mountain Tunnel Spring Wee Thump Joshua Tree Weepah Spring White Pine Range White Rock Range Worthington Mountains

National Wildlife Refuges	Anaho Island Ash Meadows Desert Fallon Moapa Valley Pahranagat Ruby Lake Sheldon Stillwater

State

Historic Parks	Belmont Courthouse Dangberg Home Ranch Elgin Schoolhouse Fort Churchill Mormon Station Old Las Vegas Mormon Fort Ward Charcoal Ovens

Recreation Areas	Big Bend Lahontan Rye Patch South Fork Walker Lake Wild Horse

Other	Beaver Dam Berlin–Ichthyosaur Cathedral Gorge Cave Lake Dayton Echo Canyon Kershaw–Ryan Lake Tahoe – Nevada Spring Mountain Ranch Spring Valley Valley of Fire Van Sickle Washoe Lake

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