North Carolina National Wilderness Areas List


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Wilderness Name Agency Year
Birkhead Mountains Wilderness USFS 1984
Catfish Lake South Wilderness USFS 1984
Ellicott Rock Wilderness USFS 1975
Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness USFS 1975
Linville Gorge Wilderness USFS 1964
Middle Prong Wilderness USFS 1984
Pocosin Wilderness USFS 1984
Pond Pine Wilderness USFS 1984
Sheep Ridge Wilderness USFS 1984
Shining Rock Wilderness USFS 1964
Southern Nantahala Wilderness USFS 1984
Swanquarter Wilderness FWS 1976


BLM = Bureau of Land Management
FWS = U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
NPS = National Park Service
USFS = U.S. Forest Service


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