Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area

Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area
IUCN category IV (habitat/species management area)

Location	Shoshone County, Idaho, United States
Nearest city	Avery, ID
Coordinates	47°02′40″N 115°38′56″W / 47.044357°N 115.648766°W / 47.044357; -115.648766Coordinates: 47°02′40″N 115°38′56″W / 47.044357°N 115.648766°W / 47.044357; -115.648766
Area	32,000 acres (129.5 km²)
Established	1989
Governing body	Idaho Department of Fish and Game

Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area at 32,000 acres (130 km²) is an Idaho wildlife management area in Shoshone County.^[1] The WMA consists of 12,000 acres (4,900 ha) of Idaho Department of Fish and Game (IDFG) lands acquired from Plum Creek Timber in 1989 and 20,000 acres (8,100 ha) of lands on St. Joe National Forest that are cooperatively managed by the IDFG and U.S. Forest Service.^[2]

Elevations in the WMA range from 2,300 feet (700 m) to 6,760 feet (2,060 m) on Snow Peak.^[3] Snow Peak has a good populations of mountain goats and elk as well as other species less common in Idaho, such as pileated woodpeckers and northern goshawks.^[4]

References

↑ "Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
↑ "Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area Cooperative Management Plan". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. 19 October 1992. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 21, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
↑ "Snow Peak Wildlife Management Area". Public Lands Information Center. Archived from the original on February 21, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.
↑ "Wildlife Management Areas". Idaho Department of Fish and Game. Archived from the original on February 20, 2013. Retrieved May 28, 2012.

Protected areas of Idaho

Federal

National Parks	Yellowstone

National Historic Sites & Historical Parks	Minidoka NHS Nez Perce NHP

National Monuments	Craters of the Moon Hagerman Fossil Beds

National Forests	Bitterroot Boise Caribou-Targhee Clearwater Coeur d'Alene Idaho Panhandle Kaniksu Kootenai Nez Perce Payette Salmon-Challis Sawtooth St. Joe Wallowa–Whitman Wasatch-Cache

National Grasslands	Curlew

National Recreation Areas	Hells Canyon Sawtooth

National Wildlife Refuges	Bear Lake Camas Deer Flat Grays Lake Kootenai Minidoka Oxford Slough Waterfowl Production Area

National Conservation Areas	Snake River Birds of Prey

Wilderness Areas	Big Jacks Creek Bruneau–Jarbidge Rivers Craters of the Moon Frank Church–River of No Return Gospel Hump Hells Canyon Hemingway–Boulders Jim McClure–Jerry Peak Little Jacks Creek North Fork Owyhee Owyhee River Pole Creek Sawtooth Selway-Bitterroot White Clouds

State

State Parks	Bear Lake Bruneau Dunes Castle Rocks City of Rocks Coeur d'Alene Parkway Dworshak Eagle Island Farragut Harriman Hells Gate Henrys Lake Heyburn Lake Cascade Lake Walcott Land of the Yankee Fork Lucky Peak Massacre Rocks McCroskey Old Mission Ponderosa Priest Lake Round Lake Thousand Springs Three Island Crossing Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes Winchester Lake

Wildlife Management Areas	Big Cottonwood Billingsley Creek Blackfoot River Boise River Boundary Creek Camas Prairie Centennial Marsh Carey Lake Cartier Slough Cecil D. Andrus C.J. Strike Coeur d'Alene River Craig Mountain Deer Parks Farragut Fort Boise Georgetown Summit Hagerman Market Lake McArthur Lake Montour Montpelier Mud Lake Niagara Springs Payette River Pend Oreille Portneuf Red River St. Maries Sand Creek Snow Peak Sterling Tex Creek

Idaho Department of Parks & Recreation (website)

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