Roadless Facts, by the Numbers:
- 9,238,000 - Total national forest acres in Wyoming
- 3,257,000 - Number of roadless acres
- 35% - Percentage of Wyoming’s national forest at risk of being developed over time under the Bush Administration’s
- 26 - Number of public meetings and hearings on Roadless Area Conservation Rule in Wyoming in 1999
- 2,758 - Number of comments generated in Wyoming in support of Roadless Area Conservation Rule (last comment period)
- 312,379 – People who participated in outdoor recreation in Wyoming in 2003 (Outdoor Industry Foundation)
- Area of Special Interest: The roadless areas of the Wyoming Range are hidden treasures of Wyoming's backcountry. Here, the Grayback Ridge and South Wyoming Range Roadless Areas embrace a long chain of sedimentary peaks crowned by brilliant red summits on the western edge of the Upper Green River Valley. The Wyoming Range National Recreation Trail traverses the spine of the roadless areas from north to south, offering epic
backbacking opportunities. Grassy parks interspersed with groves of whitebark pine and sparkling streams provide habitat for rare wildlife like wolverine, lynx, and cutthroat trout. Visitors to the Wyoming Range enjoy outstanding hiking, hunting, and wildlife viewing in one of the wildest and most remote mountain ranges in the West.
All figures are from the US Forest Service, unless otherwise noted. Map of Wyoming's National Forests courtesy of http://roadless.fs.fed.us/maps/usmap2.shtml See website for individual maps of roadless areas.
For More Information
- Jeff Kessler, Biodiversity Conservation Alliance, 307-742-7978
- Rick Meis, The Wilderness Society, 406-586-1600
