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Blue Lakes
Situated in far northwestern Nevada just south of the Oregon border, Blue Lakes are the only alpine lakes in the region, and their value to anglers in the area is immeasurable. But, perhaps more importantly, is the value to the region for sportsmen all over America—it’s perhaps the best region to visit if you’re a chukar hunter, and if you’re interested in mule deer, pronghorn or bighorn sheep hunting, this is the corner of Nevada you’ll want to hit in search of big game. [ Read Full Post ]
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Exploring the Blue Lakes: Day Three
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Exploring the Blue Lakes: Day One
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November 5, 2010
Best Wild Places: Exploring the Blue Lakes (Day 3)
3By Jay Cassell
Deputy Editor Jay Cassell and Greg Moore (Trout Unlimited’s communications specialist for TU’s Sportsmen’s Conservation Projects, spent three days with Jim Jeffress, TU’s Nevada backcountry coordinator, exploring the Blue Lakes – Pine Forest Range in the far northwest corner of Nevada, close to the Oregon line. Here's the report from Day 2.
Blue Lakes are four alpine lakes in the Blue Lakes WSA. It’s an 18-mile off-road drive to reach the parking area, followed by a mile-long mostly uphill hike.
They are incredibly beautiful, with little sign of man using the area. The Pine Forest Working Group’s land-management proposals were unanimously approved by the Humboldt County Commission on October 18, so now it’s up to Nevada’s congressional delegation to take the proposal to Congress for official designation as part of the National Wilderness Preservation System.[ Read Full Post ]
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November 3, 2010
Best Wild Places: Exploring the Blue Lakes (Day 2)
By Jay Cassell
Deputy Editor Jay Cassell and Greg Moore (Trout Unlimited’s communications specialist for TU’s Sportsmen’s Conservation Projects, spent three days with Jim Jeffress, TU’s Nevada backcountry coordinator, exploring the Blue Lakes – Pine Forest Range in the far northwest corner of Nevada, close to the Oregon line. Here's the report from Day 2.
The second day of the tour was two-fold: chukar hunting in the McGee Mountain multiple use area, a 5000-acre piece of property near the Sheldon National Wildlife Refuge; then going to Knott Creek Reservoir for some more trout fishing. Yesterday, I was told that the BLM’s original wilderness inventory was 49 million acres across Nevada.
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November 1, 2010
Best Wild Places: Exploring the Blue Lakes (Day 1)
By Jay Cassell
Deputy Editor Jay Cassell and Greg Moore (Trout Unlimited’s communications specialist for TU’s Sportsmen’s Conservation Projects, spent three days with Jim Jeffress, TU’s Nevada backcountry coordinator, exploring the Blue Lakes – Pine Forest Range in the far northwest corner of Nevada, close to the Oregon line. Here's the report from Day 1.
The first day involved flying over this vast area, with Jeffress pointing out the bodies of water in question, as well as showing us where the current roads and boundaries are.
As we did our fly over, Jeffress explained that the Pine Forest Range holds a combination of wildlife study areas (WSAs). The Wilderness Act of 1964 directed the Bureau of Land Management to inventory and/or study all roadless areas of 5000 acres or more to see which ones have true wilderness characteristics.
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