Blackridge Wilderness, the Glossary

Table of Contents

1. 21 relations: Aspen, Bird of prey, Bureau of Land Management, Cedar City, Utah, Cougar, Douglas fir, Hurricane Fault, List of wilderness areas of the United States, Mule deer, National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, Pinus ponderosa, Pinyon pine, U.S. state, United States, Utah, Virgin River, Washington County, Utah, Wilderness, Wilderness Act, Zion National Park.

2. Bureau of Land Management areas in Utah
3. Wilderness areas of Utah

Aspen

Aspen is a common name for certain tree species; some, but not all, are classified by botanists in the section ''Populus'', of the Populus genus.

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Bird of prey

Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds).

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Bureau of Land Management

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the United States Department of the Interior responsible for administering U.S. federal lands.

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Cedar City, Utah

Cedar City is the largest city in Iron County, Utah, United States.

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Cougar

The cougar (Puma concolor) (KOO-gər), also known as the panther, mountain lion, catamount and puma, is a large cat native to the Americas.

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Douglas fir

The Douglas fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii) is an evergreen conifer species in the pine family, Pinaceae.

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Hurricane Fault

The Hurricane Fault is an intracrustal seismic fault that runs along the boundary between the Colorado Plateau block and the Basin and Range geologic province of western North America.

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List of wilderness areas of the United States

The National Wilderness Preservation System includes 806 wilderness areas protecting of federal land. Blackridge Wilderness and List of wilderness areas of the United States are IUCN Category Ib.

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Mule deer

The mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) is a deer indigenous to western North America; it is named for its ears, which are large like those of the mule.

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National Wild and Scenic Rivers System

The National Wild and Scenic Rivers System was created by the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1968 (Public Law 90-542), enacted by the U.S. Congress to preserve certain rivers with outstanding natural, cultural, and recreational values in a free-flowing condition for the enjoyment of present and future generations.

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Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 is a land management law passed in the 111th United States Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009.

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Pinus ponderosa

Pinus ponderosa, commonly known as the ponderosa pine, bull pine, blackjack pine, western yellow-pine, or filipinus pine, is a very large pine tree species of variable habitat native to mountainous regions of western North America.

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Pinyon pine

The pinyon or piñon pine group grows in southwestern North America, especially in New Mexico, Colorado, Arizona, and Utah.

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U.S. state

In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50.

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United States

The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.

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Utah

Utah is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Virgin River

The Virgin River is a tributary of the Colorado River in the U.S. states of Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. Blackridge Wilderness and Virgin River are Zion National Park.

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Washington County, Utah

Washington County is a county in the southwestern corner of Utah, United States.

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Wilderness

Wilderness or wildlands (usually in the plural) are natural environments on Earth that have not been significantly modified by human activity, or any nonurbanized land not under extensive agricultural cultivation.

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Wilderness Act

The Wilderness Act of 1964 is a federal land management statute meant to protect federal wilderness and to create a formal mechanism for designating wilderness.

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Zion National Park

Zion National Park is an American national park located in southwestern Utah near the town of Springdale.

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See also

Bureau of Land Management areas in Utah

• Assembly Hall Peak
• Bears Ears National Monument
• Beartrap Canyon Wilderness
• Beaver Dam Mountains Wilderness
• Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
• Black Ridge Canyons Wilderness
• Blackridge Wilderness
• Blue Lake (Utah)
• Bonneville Salt Flats
• Book Cliffs
• Buckskin Gulch
• Canaan Mountain Wilderness
• Cedar Mountain Wilderness
• Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness
• Cougar Canyon Wilderness
• Coyote Buttes
• Dark Canyon Wilderness
• Deep Creek North Wilderness
• Deep Creek Wilderness
• Desolation Canyon
• Devils Garden (Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument)
• Doc's Pass Wilderness
• Elephant Arch
• Fantasy Canyon
• Fisher Towers
• Five Mile Pass
• Goose Creek Wilderness
• Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
• Grandstaff Canyon
• Hanksville-Burpee Quarry
• Jurassic National Monument
• LaVerkin Creek Wilderness
• Little Sahara Recreation Area
• Mineral Mountains (Utah)
• Moon House
• Ninemile Canyon (Utah)
• Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Wilderness
• Paria River
• Recapture Canyon
• Red Cliffs National Conservation Area
• Red Mountain Wilderness (Utah)
• Roan Cliffs
• San Rafael Swell
• Slaughter Creek Wilderness
• Stansbury Island
• Taylor Creek Wilderness
• Temple Mountain (Utah)
• Utah Transfer of Public Lands Act
• Window Blind Peak

Wilderness areas of Utah

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

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackridge_Wilderness