Currant Mountain Wilderness
The Current Mountain Wilderness is a nature reserve on the type of a wilderness area in Nye County and White Pine County of the U.S. state of Nevada. The area is located in the White Pine Range and covers an area of approximately 191.6 km ². It bears the names of the highest at 3505 m summit of the mountain range, the Currant Mountain, which was also the headwaters for the White Pine River is located. Other notable peaks are the Duckwater with 3413 m and 3097 m high White Pine Peak.
Description
The reserve was established in 1989 as a Currant Mountain Wilderness 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. Two of them are in the immediate neighborhood, the White Pine Range Wilderness borders in the north, beyond a road that Red Mountain Wilderness on the east by the reserve. As Wilderness Area no tourist or other infrastructure has been created, there are no roads, but there are trails entertained.
The area is part of the National Forest area Humboldt Toiyabe National Forest, and is managed by the U.S. Forest Service. Due to the limestone there is little surface water. The 3.2 km ² White Pine Research Natural Area is located entirely within the Currant Mountain Wilderness. The height distance ranges from 1890 m in the deeper layers to the top of Currant Mountain with 3505 m.
Flora and Fauna
In the deeper layers of the grasses and plants of sagebrush - steppe with pinyon pine - juniper shrub companies grow. At higher altitudes, Colorado Spruce, Flexible pine, bristlecone pine and Bristlecone pine tree have their locations.
Both game birds as well as bighorn sheep and elk will stay in the northern areas. Mule deer and birds of prey prefer the southern areas. Furthermore, there are also smaller mammals such as the Rock Chipmunk and several species of bats such as Myotis volans Myotis and evotis. Various bird species such as ponderosa Scops Owl, Broad-tailed Hummingbird, basic Ammer, Rotbürzel Warbler and Mourning Warbler Nacktschnabelhäher and Gambelmeise populates the air of the wilderness area.
Among the permitted uses include nature watching, trekking and climbing and hunting, but no use of motorized and mechanical transport or aids.