Spokane District Wilderness Characteristics Inventory
Summary of Findings:
Note: the totals provided below for number of acres found to contain wilderness
characteristics are GIS-corrected and do reflect the final tally for acreages on file
for Spokane District. They correspond with acreages as identified on the maps
included on the website with each site’s inventory report.
Border Field Office
Unit Found to Contain Wilderness Characteristics within All or Part of the Unit:
 1/28/13 Juniper Dunes OR-135-03: Two small sub-units Contiguous to BLM
Wilderness qualified – the rest of the unit does not have wilderness
characteristics. (Acres with Wilderness Characteristics = 1,039)
Units with No Wilderness Characteristics (Failed to Meet Size Criteria):
 10-6-2011 Crab Creek /Rocky Ford OR-135-014
 10-6-2011 Fishtrap OR-135-06
 10-6-2011 Govan OR-135-013
 10-6-2011 Horse Heaven Hills OR-135-02
 11-14-2012 Lakeview Ranch OR-135-015
 10-6-2011 Marlin OR-135-016
 10-6-2011 Rock Creek OR-135-01
 10-6-2011 South Huckleberry Mountains OR-135-07
 10-6-2011 Telford OR-135-011
 10-6-2011 Twin Lakes OR-135-012
Units Found to Contain Wilderness Characteristics that are Contiguous to Other
Federal Lands (USFS, USFWS, NPS) with Wilderness or Potential Wilderness
Values:
 11-14-2012 Mill Creek Contiguous OR-135-018 (PDF) (Acres with Wilderness
Characteristics = 120)
 11-14-2012 Tiffany Contiguous OR-135-017 (PDF) (Acres with Wilderness
Characteristics = 40)
Unit Found to Contain Wilderness Characteristics (Islands and Rocks)
 10-25-2011 Bonnie Island 13-111 (Acres with Wilderness Characteristics = 16)
Unit with No Wilderness Characteristics (Islands and Rocks)
 10-25-2011 Sprague Lake Islands 13-65
Border Field Office Total Acreage with Wilderness Characteristics = 1,215 acres
Wenatchee Field Office
Units Found to Contain Wilderness Characteristics within All or Part of the Unit:
 10-3-2011 Moses Coulee OR-134-06 (Acres with Wilderness Characteristics =
11,628)
 10-3-2011 Saddle Mountains (EAST) OR-134-02 (Acres with Wilderness
Characteristics = 6,503)
 10-14-2011 Douglas Creek/Duffy Creek OR-134-01 (Acres with Wilderness
Characteristics = 14,409)
Units with No Wilderness Characteristics:
 12-2-2011 Palmer Mountain OR-134-05
 10-3-2011 Saddle Mountains (WEST) OR-134-03
 10-3-2011 Similkameen OR-134-07
 10-14-2011 Yakima River Canyon OR-134-04
Units with No Wilderness Characteristics that are Contiguous to Other Federal
Lands (USFS, USFWS, NPS) with Wilderness or Potential Wilderness Values (did
not have outstanding opportunities for solitude and/or primitive recreation):
 11-26-2012 Slide Ridge Contiguous OR-134-09
 11-26-2012 Black Canyon Contiguous OR-134-08
Wenatchee Field Office Total Acreage with Wilderness Characteristics (not
including San Juan Islands) = 32,540 acres
San Juan Islands (Wenatchee Field Office)
Results may be found via Spokane District’s Wilderness Characteristics Inventories
Web page link: Wilderness Characteristics Inventory San Juan Archipelago.
San Juan Islands (Wenatchee Field Office) Total Acreage with Wilderness
Characteristics = 260 acres
Spokane District Total Acreage Found to Contain Wilderness
Characteristics 1,215 + 32,540 + 260 = 34,015 acres