Arc Dome Wilderness

The Arc Dome Wilderness is a nature reserve on the type of a wilderness area in Nye County in the U.S. state of Nevada. The area is located in the Basin and Range region and comprises an area of ​​approximately 465 km thirds of the Toiyabe Range, a mountain range of the type of Horst extending roughly in north-south direction ² southern. It bears the names of the highest at 3591 m summit of the mountain range, the Arc Dome.

Description

The reserve was established in 1989 as part of the Nevada Wilderness Protection Act of 1989 by the Congress of the United States. At the same time 13 other Wilderness Areas in Nevada were reported with a total area of ​​2966 km ². As Wilderness Area no tourist or other infrastructure has been created, there are no roads, but trails like the Cow Canyon Trail or the Toiyabe marked as National Recreation Trail Crest Trail, it will be entertained with a length of 116 km.

The character of the area is characterized by high mountains. In the northwest, the wilderness area increases more evenly and gently descending from the valley of the River Rise, southwest lies the Indian Valley. Go to Big Smoke Valley with the Navada State Route 376 in the east, the landscape is rocky, craggy and rugged. To the north, the site extends to the summit of Ophir Hill. The area is part of the National Forest area Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service.

Flora and Fauna

In the deeper layers of the grasses and plants of sagebrush steppe with Pinion - Juniper shrub companies, pines and aspens grow. The high elevations are largely free of trees.

In the northeastern areas, the rare desert subspecies of bighorn sheep is found. Cougars, lynx, mule deer, beaver, sage grouse and chukar are more often present. Also Salbeiwühlmaus, Columbia Spotted Frog, the Large Brown Bat and Great Basin Skink live in the wilderness area. Among the birds of prey in the area include golden eagle, Eckschwanzsperber, American kestrel and hawk. Other representatives of the bird world are gold Woodpecker, Clark's Nutcracker, mugwort Bunting, Mourning Warbler and Gold Warbler. In the rivers of the Reese River, the South Twin Creek and the North Twin Creek swimming trout.

Among the permitted uses include trekking and climbing, nature and star watching, fishing and hunting, but no use of motorized transport or aids, also no mountain bikes.