Bruneau–Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness

The wilderness area includes the Bruneau River from about five miles upstream of the Jarbidge confluence down nearly to the confluence with Hot Creek, as well as portions of Sheep Creek and Clover Creek. On the Jarbidge River, the wilderness spans the entire length from the confluence of the West and East Forks of the Jarbidge to the Bruneau confluence. In places the wilderness boundary is defined by the rim of the river canyon; elsewhere it includes some plateau country beyond the rim in addition to the river canyon. The wilderness area is bisected into two units by a small road at Indian Hot Springs, just north of the Bruneau-Jarbidge confluence.{{r|blmmap}}

The Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness was created by the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 and signed into law by President Barack Obama on March 30, 2009. Also created in the Omnibus Land Act were five additional southwestern Idaho wilderness areas in Owyhee County, collectively known as the Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas:{{r|blm6}}{{r|idptv}}

• Big Jacks Creek Wilderness - {{convert|52826|acres|ha}}
• Little Jacks Creek Wilderness - {{convert|50929|acres|ha}}
• North Fork Owyhee Wilderness - {{convert|43413|acres|ha}}
• Owyhee River Wilderness - {{convert|267328|acres|ha}}
• Pole Creek Wilderness - {{convert|12533|acres|ha}}

The Act of 2009 added {{convert|517025|acres|ha}} of wilderness within the state of Idaho.{{r|blm6}}{{r|idptv}}

Wilderness areas do not allow motorized or mechanical equipment including bicycles. Although camping and fishing are allowed with proper permit, no roads or buildings are constructed and there is also no logging or mining, in compliance with the 1964 Wilderness Act. Wilderness areas within National Forests and Bureau of Land Management areas also allow hunting in season.{{r|usfs}}{{r|wildmgt}}

The Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness lies within the Owyhee Desert, part of the northern Basin and Range ecoregion, although hydrologically the wilderness area is within the Snake River – Columbia River drainage.{{r|idaho4}} The wilderness area is home to a small population of threatened bull trout,{{r|blmbull}} as well as Great Basin redband trout, bobcat, river otter, and bighorn sheep.{{r|wild}}

• Jarbidge Wilderness
• List of largest wilderness areas in the United States
• List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
• Wilderness Act

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{{USGS|last1=McGrath|first1=CL|last2=Woods|first2=AJ|last3=Omernik|first3=JM|display-authors=et al | title=Ecoregions of Idaho|comment=color poster with map, descriptive text, summary tables, and photographs; with a [ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/id/id_back.pdf Reverse side]| url=ftp://ftp.epa.gov/wed/ecoregions/id/id_front.pdf}}

{{cite web|title=Status of the Migratory Bull Trout Population in the Jarbidge River Drainage|url=http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/id/publications/technical_bulletins/tb_96-5.Par.62225.File.dat/part1.pdf|work=Technical Bulletin No. 96-5, April 1996|publisher=Idaho Bureau of Land Management|access-date=July 11, 2011}}{{Dead link|date=November 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

{{cite web|title=Map of Bruneau - Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness|url=http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/Law_Enforcement/nlcs/maps/unofficial_maps.Par.16741.File.dat/id_bru_jar_wilderness_121508_copy2.pdf|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=July 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121006073038/http://www.blm.gov/pgdata/etc/medialib/blm/wo/Law_Enforcement/nlcs/maps/unofficial_maps.Par.16741.File.dat/id_bru_jar_wilderness_121508_copy2.pdf|archive-date=October 6, 2012|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}

{{cite web|title=Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness|url=http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/wildernessinthe21stcentury/owyheecanyonlands.cfm|publisher=Idaho Public TV|access-date=July 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927110144/http://idahoptv.org/outdoors/shows/wildernessinthe21stcentury/owyheecanyonlands.cfm|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|title=Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness - General|url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=711&tab=General|publisher=Wilderness.net|access-date=July 11, 2011}}

{{cite web|title=Bruneau – Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness - Area Management|url=http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=wildView&WID=711&tab=Area%20Management|publisher=Wilderness.net|access-date=July 11, 2011}}

{{cite web|title=Forestwide Standards and Guidelines|url=http://www.fs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/fsbdev3_007250.pdf|publisher=United States Forest Service|access-date=July 10, 2011}}

{{cite web|title=Owyhee Canyonlands Wilderness Areas|url=http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/owyhee_initiative.html|publisher=Bureau of Land Management|access-date=July 10, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111024003158/http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/owyhee_initiative.html#|archive-date=2011-10-24|url-status=dead}}

{{cite web|title=Bruneau Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness, Idaho|url=http://www.publiclands.org/explore/site.php?id=7948|publisher=Public Lands|access-date=July 11, 2011}}

{{cite web |title=Wild & Scenic Rivers |url=http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/Idaho_WSRs.html |publisher=Bureau of Land Management |access-date=July 14, 2011 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130214061442/http://www.blm.gov/id/st/en/prog/blm_special_areas/Idaho_WSRs.html |archive-date=February 14, 2013 }}

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