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Ansel Adams Wilderness Addition Potential Recommended Wilderness Area Inyo National Forest Vicinity Map Lee Vining!. N E 120 V «¬ A C D 120 A A «¬ INYO LI F O R N ¤£395 IA ¤£6 Mammoth Lakes!. NATIONAL !. Mariposa SIERRA Bisho!.p Oakhurst !. North Fork !. FOREST ¬41 NATIONAL !. « Big Pine !. Shaver Lake FOREST «¬168 «¬99 !. Independence !. Fresno «¬180 References Potential Recommended Ansel Adams Wilderness Addition Data acquired from a variety of sources of differing accuracy, precision and reliability. Features Wilderness Boundary Potential Recommended Wilderness Area represented by these data may not represent accurate geographic locations. National Forest Land Within Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Revision Potential Recommended Wilderness of the Inyo, Sequoia and Sierra National Forests Disclaimer Boundary Land and Resource Management Plans The USDA Forest Service makes no warranty, expressed or implied regarding the data displayed on this map, and reserves the right to correct, Approximately 10,190 Acres update, modify, or replace this information without National Forest Existing Wilderness Township 6-7 South, Range 26 East notification. Mt Diablo Meridian, Fresno County, CA National Forest System Lands USDA Forest Service -Pacific Southwest Region ± Sierra National Forest Non-National Forest System Lands 0 0.5 1 2 Copies of this map are available for public inspection in the Miles Map Creation Date - 05/01/2015 Pacific Southwest Region- Geospatial Services Office of the Regional Forester, Pacific Southwest Region, Vallejo,Ca Map Title: Ansel Adams Wilderness Addition Potential Recommended Wilderness Area Inyo National Forest Description: The map displays a potential recommended wilderness area that would be an addition to the existing Ansel Adams Wilderness. This potential recommended wilderness area is an inventoried roadless area located between the west side of the Ansel Adams Wilderness and the east side of the Kaiser Wilderness that would be an addition to the existing Ansel Adams Wilderness. The area is bounded on the north by Forest Road 6S80, on the east by the Ansel Adams Wilderness, on the south by the Kaiser Pass Road (5S80), and on the west by the Sample Meadow Road (7S05), the Half Corral Meadow road (6S70), and road 6S84. .
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