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Wilderness Study Areas

The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 calls on the Bureau of Land Management to inventory and study its roadless areas for wildnerness characteristics. Criteria include a size of usually at least 5,000 acres, opportunities for solitude, and other ecological, geological, educational, historic, scientific and scenic values.

After an inventory process that included significant public input, BLM's Conservation System now manages 604 Wilderness Study Areas with almost 14.1 million acres. Congress has since designated some as wilderness. Until Congress reviews all of the Wilderness Study Areas, the Conservation System manages them to preserve their suitability for wilderness designation.

Posted by Conservation System Alliance on November 11, 2007

Conservation System Units
Abert Rim Wilderness Study Area
Aden Lava Flow Wilderness Study Area
Adobe Badlands Wilderness Study Area
Adobe Town Wilderness Study Area
Agua Tibia Wilderness Study Area
Ah-shi-sle-pah Wilderness Study Area
Alamo Hueco Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Alder Creek Wilderness Study Area
Aldrich Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Alkali Basin - East Sand Dunes Wilderness Study Area
Alkali Creek Wilderness Study Area
Alkali Draw Wilderness Study Area
Alvord Desert Wilderness Study Area
American Flats Wilderness Study Area
Ant Hills Wilderness Study Area
Antelope Creek Wilderness Study Area
Antelope Range Wilderness Study Area
Antelope Wilderness Study Area
Apache Box Add-on Wilderness Study Area
Apache Box Wilderness Study Area
Appendicitis Hill Wilderness Study Area
Augusta Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Avawatz Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Axolotl Lakes Wilderness Study Area
Bad Lands Wilderness Study Area
Badlands Wilderness Study Area
Baker Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Basque Hills Wilderness Study Area
Battle Creek Wilderness Study Area
Bear Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Bear Den Butte Wilderness Study Area
Bear Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Beartrap Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Beauty Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Beaver Creek Wilderness Study Area
Beaver Dam Creek Wilderness Study Area
Beaver Meadows Wilderness Study Area
Behind The Rocks Wilderness Study Area
Bell/Limekiln Canyons Wilderness Study Area
Bennett Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Big Butte Wilderness Study Area
Big Hatchet Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Big Horn Tack-on Wilderness Study Area
Big Jacks Creek Wilderness Study Area
Big Willow Spring Wilderness Study Area
Bill Hare Gulch Wilderness Study Area
Billy Creek Wilderness Study Area
Bitter Creek Wilderness Study Area
Bitterbrush Wilderness Study Area
Black Butte Wilderness Study Area
Black Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Black Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Black Ridge Canyon West Wilderness Study Area
Black Sage Wilderness Study Area
Blacktail Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Blitzen River Wilderness Study Area
Blue Canyon Add-on Wilderness Study Area
Blue Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Blue Creek Wilderness Study Area
Blue Eagle Wilderness Study Area
Blue Lakes Wilderness Study Area
Bluebell Wilderness Study Area
Bobcat Draw Badlands Wilderness Study Area
Bodie Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Bodie Wilderness Study Area
Book Cliffs Mountain Browse Wilderness Study Area
Borah Peak Wilderness Study Area
Boulder Creek Wilderness Study Area
Bowden Hills Wilderness Study Area
Box Creek Wilderness Study Area
Brewer Spruce Wilderness Study Area
Bridge Coulee Wilderness Study Area
Bridge Creek Wilderness Study Area
Bridger Jack Mesa Wilderness Study Area
Brokeoff Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Browns Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Bruneau River-Sheep Creek Wilderness Study Area
Buffalo Creek Wilderness Study Area
Buffalo Hills Wilderness Study Area
Buffalo Hump Wilderness Study Area
Bull Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Bull Gulch Wilderness Study Area
Bull Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Burbank Canyons Wilderness Study Area
Burning Hills Wilderness Study Area
Burnt Creek Wilderness Study Area
Burnt Lodge Wilderness Study Area
Burnt Timber Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Butler Wash Wilderness Study Area
Cabezon Wilderness Study Area
Cactus Plain Wilderness Study Area
Cady Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Cahone Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Caliente Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Camel Back Wilderness Study Area
Camp Creek Wilderness Study Area
Canaan Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Canyons Wilderness Study Area
Carcass Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Carrizo Gorge Wilderness Study Area
Carrizozo Lava Flow Wilderness Study Area
Carson Iceberg Wilderness Study Area
Casa Diablo Wilderness Study Area
Castle Peak Wilderness Study Area
Castle Rock Wilderness Study Area
Cedar Butte Wilderness Study Area
Cedar Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Cedar Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Cedar Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Centennial Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Central Arctic Management Area Wilderness Study Area
Cerro Gordo Wilderness Study Area
Chain-of-Craters Wilderness Study Area
Chamisa Wilderness Study Area
Cheesebox Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Chew Winter Camp Wilderness Study Area
Chidago Canyon Wilderness Study Area
China Cup Butte Wilderness Study Area
China Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Chopaka Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Clan Alpine Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Clarks Butte Wilderness Study Area
Coal Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Conger Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Continental Divide Wilderness Study Area
Cooke's Range Wilderness Study Area
Copper Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Corral-Horse Basin Wilderness Study Area
Cottonwood Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Cottonwood Creek Wilderness Study Area
Cougar Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Cougar Well Wilderness Study Area
Cow Creek Wilderness Study Area
Cowboy Spring Wilderness Study Area
Crack Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Crater Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Cross Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Cross Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Crystal Lake Wilderness Study Area
Culp Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Daniels Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Dark Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Death Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Death Valley 17 Wilderness Study Area
Deep Creek Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Deep Creek Wilderness Study Area
Deer Creek Wilderness Study Area
Demaree Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Desatoya Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Deschutes Canyon-Steelhead Falls Wilderness Study Area
Desolation Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Devil's Backbone Wilderness Study Area
Devil's Den Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Devil's Garden Wilderness Study Area
Devil's Reach Wilderness Study Area
Devils Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Devils Garden Lava Bed Wilderness Study Area
Devils Playground/Twin Buttes Wilderness Study Area
Diablo Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Diamond Breaks Wilderness Study Area
Dirty Devil Wilderness Study Area
Disaster Peak Wilderness Study Area
Dog Creek South Wilderness Study Area
Dolores River Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Dominguez Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Douglas-Fir Wilderness Study Area
Dry Creek Buttes Wilderness Study Area
Dry Creek Wilderness Study Area
Dry Valley Rim Wilderness Study Area
Dubois Badlands Wilderness Study Area
Duncan Creek Wilderness Study Area
Eagle Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Eagle Peak Wilderness Study Area
East Alvord Wilderness Study Area
East Fork Blacktail Deer Creek Wilderness Study Area
Eden Valley Wilderness Study Area
Eighteen Mile Wilderness Study Area
Elkhorn Wilderness Study Area
Empedrado Wilderness Study Area
Encampment River Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Ervin Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Escalante Canyon Tract 1 Wilderness Study Area
Escalante Canyons Tract 5 Wilderness Study Area
Excelsior Wilderness Study Area
Fandango Wilderness Study Area
Farlin Creek Wilderness Study Area
Ferris Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Fiddler Butte Wilderness Study Area
Fifteenmile Creek Wilderness Study Area
Fifty Mile Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Fish Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Fish Creek Rim Wilderness Study Area
Fish Slough Wilderness Study Area
Fish Springs Wilderness Study Area
Five Springs Wilderness Study Area
Florida Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Floy Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Flume Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Fortification Creek Wilderness Study Area
Four Craters Lava Bed Wilderness Study Area
Fox Range Wilderness Study Area
Fremont Gorge Wilderness Study Area
French Spring-Happy Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Friedman Creek Wilderness Study Area
Gabbs Valley Range Wilderness Study Area
Garcia Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Gardner Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Gerry Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Gila Lower Box Wilderness Study Area
Gold Creek Add-on Wilderness Study Area
Gold Creek Wilderness Study Area
Goldburg Wilderness Study Area
Gooding City of Rocks East Wilderness Study Area
Gooding City of Rocks West Wilderness Study Area
Goose Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Goshute Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Goshute Peak Wilderness Study Area
Grand Gulch Wilderness Study Area
Grandmother Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Granite Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Grapevine Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Gray Peak Wilderness Study Area
Great Falls Basin Wilderness Study Area
Great Rift Wilderness Study Area
Guadalupe Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Guadalupe Escarpment Wilderness Study Area
Guano Creek Wilderness Study Area
Hack Lake Wilderness Study Area
Hampton Butte Wilderness Study Area
Handies Peak Wilderness Study Area
Hauser Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Hawk Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Hawley Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Heath Lake Wilderness Study Area
Hell’s Half Acre Wilderness Study Area
Henneberry Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Henrys Lake Wilderness Study Area
Hidden Pasture Creek Wilderness Study Area
High Mesa Grassland Wilderness Study Area
High Steens Wilderness Study Area
Home Creek Wilderness Study Area
Homestead Wilderness Study Area
Honeycomb Buttes Wilderness Study Area
Honeycombs Wilderness Study Area
Hoodoo Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Horse Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Horseshoe Canyon (North) Wilderness Study Area
Horseshoe Canyon (South) Wilderness Study Area
Hoverrocker Wilderness Study Area
Howell Peak Wilderness Study Area
Humbug Spires Wilderness Study Area
Ignacio Chavez Wilderness Study Area
Independence Creek Wilderness Study Area
Indian Creek Wilderness Study Area
Jack Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Jarbidge River Wilderness Study Area
Jerry Peak West Wilderness Study Area
Jerry Peak Wilderness Study Area
Job Peak Wilderness Study Area
Jordan Craters Wilderness Study Area
Jornada del Muerto Wilderness Study Area
Joshua Tree Wilderness Study Area
Juniper Creek Wilderness Study Area
Kawich Wilderness Study Area
King Hill Creek Wilderness Study Area
King Top Wilderness Study Area
Kingston Range Wilderness Study Area
La Lena Wilderness Study Area
La Verkin Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Lahonton Cutthroat Trout Wilderness Study Area
Lake Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Lankin Dome Wilderness Study Area
Las Uvas Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Lava Wilderness Study Area
Link Flats Wilderness Study Area
Little Black Peak Wilderness Study Area
Little Book Cliffs Wilderness Study Area
Little City of Rocks Wilderness Study Area
Little Deer Wilderness Study Area
Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area
Little Jacks Creek Wilderness Study Area
Little Owyhee River Wilderness Study Area
Little Rockies Wilderness Study Area
Little Sink Wilderness Study Area
Little Wood River Wilderness Study Area
Lonesome Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Lookout Butte Wilderness Study Area
Lost Forest Wilderness Study Area
Lost Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Lower Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area
Lower John Day Wilderness Study Area
Lower Owyhee Add-on Wilderness Study Area
Lower Owyhee Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Lower Salmon Falls Creek Wilderness Study Area
Lower Stonehouse Wilderness Study Area
Machesna Wilderness Study Area
Mahogany Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Malheur River-Bluebucket Creek Wilderness Study Area
Mancos Mesa Wilderness Study Area
Manzano Wilderness Study Area
Marshall Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Masonic Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area
Mathers Wilderness Study Area
McCullough Peaks Wilderness Study Area
Mcgraw Creek Wilderness Study Area
McIntyre Hills Wilderness Study Area
McKenna Peak Wilderness Study Area
McKittrick Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Medicine Lodge Wilderness Study Area
Menefee Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Merced River Wilderness Study Area
Mesita Blanca Wilderness Study Area
Mexican Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Middle Fork Owyhee River Wilderness Study Area
Milk Ranch/Case Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Mill Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Miller Springs Wilderness Study Area
Million Hills Wilderness Study Area
Moquith Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Morey Peak Wilderness Study Area
Mormon Meadow Wilderness Study Area
Moses Wilderness Study Area
Mount Biedeman Wilderness Study Area
Mount Ellen-Blue Hills Wilderness Study Area
Mount Hillers Wilderness Study Area
Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area
Mount Pennell Wilderness Study Area
Mount Riley Wilderness Study Area
Mount Stirling Wilderness Study Area
Mountain Lakes Wilderness Study Area
Mountain Meadow Wilderness Study Area
Mud Spring Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Muddy Creek Wilderness Study Area
Mudgetts Wilderness Study Area
Mule Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Musselshell Breaks Wilderness Study Area
Needle Rock Wilderness Study Area
Negro Bill Canyon Wilderness Study Area
North Escalante Canyon/The Gulch Wilderness Study Area
North Fork Little Humboldt Wilderness Study Area
North Fork Owyhee River Wilderness Study Area
North Fork Powder River Wilderness Study Area
North Fork Sun River Wilderness Study Area
North Fork Virgin River Wilderness Study Area
North Fork Wilderness Study Area
North Pole Ridge Add-ons Wilderness Study Area
North Pole Ridge Wilderness Study Area
North Sand Hills Wilderness Study Area
North Stansbury Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Notch Peak Wilderness Study Area
Oil Spring Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Orderville Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Oregon Buttes Wilderness Study Area
Oregon Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Orejana Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Organ Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Organ Needles Wilderness Study Area
Owens Peak Wilderness Study Area
Owl Creek Wilderness Study Area
Owyhee Breaks Add-on Wilderness Study Area
Owyhee Breaks Wilderness Study Area
Owyhee Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Owyhee River Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Owyhee River-Deep Creek Wilderness Study Area
Palisade Mesa Wilderness Study Area
Palomino Hills Wilderness Study Area
Panoche Hills North Wilderness Study Area
Panoche Hills South Wilderness Study Area
Papa Keal Wilderness Study Area
Paria-Hackberry Wilderness Study Area
Park Range Wilderness Study Area
Parunuweap Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Pats Cabin Wilderness Study Area
Peloncillo Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Pena Blanca Wilderness Study Area
Petaca Pinta Wilderness Study Area
Peterson Draw Wilderness Study Area
Petticoat Peak Wilderness Study Area
Phipps Death Hollow Wilderness Study Area
Pigeon Spring Wilderness Study Area
Pine Creek Wilderness Study Area
Pinyon Joshua Wilderness Study Area
Pit River Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Piute Cypress Wilderness Study Area
Platte River Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
Pole Creek Wilderness Study Area
Poodle Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Powderhorn Wilderness Study Area
Presilla Wilderness Study Area
Prospect Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Pryor Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Pueblo Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Queer Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Quigg West Wilderness Study Area
Rare Lizard and Snake Wilderness Study Area
Raven's Eye Wilderness Study Area
Rawhide Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Raymond Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Red Butte Wilderness Study Area
Red Creek Badlands Wilderness Study Area
Red Lake Wilderness Study Area
Red Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Red Spring Wilderness Study Area
Redcloud Peak Wilderness Study Area
Resting Springs Wilderness Study Area
Rincon Wilderness Study Area
Rio Chama Wilderness Study Area
Riordan's Well Wilderness Study Area
Road Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Roberts Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Robledo Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Rockhouse (a) Wilderness Study Area
Rockhouse (b) Wilderness Study Area
Rockwell Wilderness Study Area
Rocky Creek/Cache Creek Wilderness Study Area
Rough Hills Wilderness Study Area
Ruby Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Sabinoso Wilderness Study Area
Sacatar Meadows Wilderness Study Area
Sacramento Escarpment Wilderness Study Area
Saddle Butte Wilderness Study Area
Sage Hen Hills Wilderness Study Area
San Antonio Wilderness Study Area
San Benito Mountain Wilderness Study Area
San Felipe Hills Wilderness Study Area
San Luis Hills Wilderness Study Area
San Rafael Reef Wilderness Study Area
San Ysidro Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Sand Butte Wilderness Study Area
Sand Dunes Wilderness Study Area
Sand Hollow Wilderness Study Area
Sand Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Savage Peak Wilderness Study Area
Sawtooth Mountains A Wilderness Study Area
Sawtooth Mountains C Wilderness Study Area
Scab Creek Wilderness Study Area
Scodie Wilderness Study Area
Scorpion Wilderness Study Area
Scott
Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Selkirk Crest Wilderness Study Area
Seven Blackfoot Wilderness Study Area
Sewemup Mesa Wilderness Study Area
Shale Butte Wilderness Study Area
Sheep Creek East Wilderness Study Area
Sheep Creek West Wilderness Study Area
Sheep Gulch Wilderness Study Area
Sheep Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Sheep Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Sheepshead Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Sheldon Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
Shoshone Wilderness Study Area
Sids Cabin Wilderness Study Area
Sids Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Sierra de las Canas Wilderness Study Area
Sierra Ladrones Wilderness Study Area
Silver Peak Range Wilderness Study Area
Simpson Park Wilderness Study Area
Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area
Skull Creek Wilderness Study Area
Sleeping Giant/Sheep Creek Wilderness Study Area
Slinkard Wilderness Study Area
Slocum Creek Wilderness Study Area
Snake River Islands Wilderness Study Area
Snowhole Rapids Wilderness Study Area
Soda Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Soda Mountains Wilderness Study Area
South Fork Donner und Blitzen Wilderness Study Area
South Fork Owyhee River Wilderness Study Area
South Fork Wilderness Study Area
South Needles Wilderness Study Area
South Pequop Wilderness Study Area
South Piney Creek Wilderness Study Area
South Pinnacles Wilderness Study Area
South Reveille Wilderness Study Area
South Warner Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
Southern Inyo Wilderness Study Area
Spaulding Wilderness Study Area
Sperry Creek Wilderness Study Area
Split Rock Wilderness Study Area
Spring Basin Wilderness Study Area
Spring Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Spruce Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Square Butte Wilderness Study Area
Squaw Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Squaw Ridge Lava Bed Wilderness Study Area
Squaw/Papoose Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Stafford Wilderness Study Area
Stallion Wilderness Study Area
Steep Creek Wilderness Study Area
Stillwater Range Wilderness Study Area
Stonehouse Wilderness Study Area
Sunrise Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Sutton Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Swasey Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Sweetwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Symmes Creek Wilderness Study Area
Table Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Taylor Creek Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Terry Badlands Wilderness Study Area
Thatcher Ridge Wilderness Study Area
The Blues Wilderness Study Area
The Cockscomb Wilderness Study Area
The Palisade Wilderness Study Area
The Wall Wilderness Study Area
The Watchman Wilderness Study Area
Thirtymile Wilderness Study Area
Timbered Crater Wilderness Study Area
Tobacco Root Tack-ons Wilderness Study Area
Tobin Range Wilderness Study Area
Trapper Creek Wilderness Study Area
Troublesome Wilderness Study Area
Tule Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Tunnison Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Turtle Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Twelvemile Creek Add-on Wilderness Study Area
Twelvemile Creek Wilderness Study Area
Twin Coulee Wilderness Study Area
Twin Peaks Wilderness Study Area
Upper Deep Creek Wilderness Study Area
Upper Grape Creek Wilderness Study Area
Upper Leslie Gulch Wilderness Study Area
Upper West Little Owyhee Wilderness Study Area
Vale of Tears Wilderness Study Area
Veranito Wilderness Study Area
Virgin Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Volcanic Tablelands Wilderness Study Area
Wah Wah Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Wahweap Wilderness Study Area
Wales Creek Wilderness Study Area
Walford Springs Wilderness Study Area
Wall Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Weber Mountain Wilderness Study Area
Weminuche Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
West Cold Spring Wilderness Study Area
West Fork Red Canyon Wilderness Study Area
West Needles Creek Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
West Peak Wilderness Study Area
West Potrillo Mountains Wilderness Study Area
Western Juniper Wilderness Study Area
Westwater Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Whiskey Mountain Wilderness Study Area
White Knob Mountains Wilderness Study Area
White Mountains Wilderness Study Area
White Rock Range Wilderness Study Area
Whitehead Gulch Wilderness Study Area
Whitehorse Creek Wilderness Study Area
Wild Horse Basin Wilderness Study Area
Wildcat Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Willow Creek Wilderness Study Area
Windy Gulch Wilderness Study Area
Winter Range Wilderness Study Area
Winter Ridge Wilderness Study Area
Woodhawk Wilderness Study Area
Worm Creek Wilderness Study Area
Yatahoney Creek Wilderness Study Area
Yellowstone River Island Wilderness Study Area
Yolla Bolly Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
Zook Creek Wilderness Study Area