Little Jacks Creek Wilderness [SEP] inception
The Little Jacks Creek 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:
- Bruneau–Jarbidge Rivers Wilderness -
- Big Jacks Creek Wilderness -
- North Fork Owyhee Wilderness -
- Owyhee River Wilderness -
- Pole Creek Wilderness -
The Act of 2009 added of wilderness within
Little Jacks Creek Wilderness
The Little Jacks Creek Wilderness is located on the high basalt plateaus of Owyhee County in southwestern Idaho in the western United States. Big Jacks Creek Wilderness is on its southeast border. About of Little Jacks Creek is classified as a wild river.
Geography.
The Little Jacks Creek Wilderness has rugged canyons, streams, and plateaus. It has red rhyollite and a large brown basalt dome covered with grass and sagebrush. There are several spots where river canyons are deep.
Legislative history.