National Forest System Inventoried Roadless Area Acreage by Ecoregion and Protected Status |
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ecoregion | code # | outst. | total NFS land | total NFS land | wild. | non-wild. SDA | IRA 1b+1b1 | IRA 1c | wild.+IRA | all SDA+IRA |
(acres) | (rounded acres) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) |
Alaska Geographic Division | | | |
Northern Pacific Coast | 23 | X | 10,985,495 | 10,985,000 | 25 | 8 | 26 | 17 | 69 | 77 |
Icefields and Tundra | 104 | | 10,678,596 | 10,679,000 | 21 | 15 | 34 | 23 | 79 | 94 |
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Eastern Geographic Division | | | |
Western Great Lakes | 7 | | 10,884,786 | 10,885,000 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 14 |
New England/Acadia | 12 | | 1,473,782 | 1,474,000 | 11 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 28 | 30 |
Allegheny Highlands | 15 | | 755,817 | 756,000 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
Appalachian/Blue Ridge | 16 | X | 9,319,500 | 9,320,000 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 |
Mixed Mesophytic | 17 | X | 4,598,902 | 4,599,000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
Central US Hardwoods | 18 | | 4,794,837 | 4,795,000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Ozark Mountains | 19 | | 3,517,469 | 3,517,000 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 |
Southeast Mixed Forests | 22 | X | 3,091,947 | 3,092,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Piney Woods | 48 | | 2,876,939 | 2,877,000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
Middle Atlantic Coast | 50 | | 712,405 | 712,000 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 |
Southeastern Conifer | 51 | X | 1,975,271 | 1,975,000 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
Florida Sand Pine Scrub | 52 | X | 252,613 | 253,000 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 |
Northern Tall Grasslands | 59 | | 136,693 | 137,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 34 | 34 |
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Western Geographic Division | | | |
North Central Rockies | 30 | | 17,180,168 | 17,180,000 | 20 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 47 | 49 |
Okanogan Forests | 31 | | 802,195 | 802,000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 17 | 18 |
Cascade Mnts. Leeward | 32 | | 3,164,919 | 3,165,000 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 6 | 56 | 72 |
North Cascades | 33 | X | 1,787,923 | 1,788,000 | 43 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 65 | 76 |
Central Pacific Coastal | 34 | X | 1,696,450 | 1,696,000 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 |
Central/South. Cascades | 36 | | 6,929,364 | 6,929,000 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 30 | 38 |
Eastern Cascades | 37 | | 7,603,916 | 7,604,000 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 |
Blue Mountains | 38 | | 6,735,297 | 6,735,000 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 32 |
Klamath-Siskiyou | 39 | X | 6,944,081 | 6,944,000 | 20 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 34 | 44 |
Sierra Nevada | 41 | X | 8,936,063 | 8,936,000 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 32 | 37 |
Great Basin Montane | 42 | | 961,852 | 962,000 | 29 | 7 | 6 | 46 | 80 | 87 |
South Central Rockies | 43 | | 27,968,075 | 27,968,000 | 24 | 5 | 12 | 27 | 63 | 69 |
Wasatch/Uinta Montane | 44 | | 6,950,877 | 6,951,000 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 54 | 55 |
Colorado Rockies | 45 | | 18,908,663 | 18,909,000 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 44 | 45 |
Arizona Mountains | 46 | | 15,667,128 | 15,667,000 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 26 |
Madrean Sky Islands | 47 | X | 1,501,457 | 1,501,000 | 20 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 44 | 48 |
Palouse Grasslands | 53 | | 421,460 | 421,000 | 7 | 51 | 1 | 12 | 20 | 70 |
Montana Valley/Foothill | 57 | | 1,298,634 | 1,299,000 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 27 | 33 | 35 |
NW Mixed Grasslands | 58 | | 7,062,118 | 7,062,000 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
West. Short Grasslands | 63 | | 3,149,027 | 3,149,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
C. Cal. Shrub/Savanna | 70 | X | 1,088,738 | 1,089,000 | 9 | 15 | 5 | 19 | 33 | 48 |
S. Cal. Woods/Shrub | 71 | X | 2,928,135 | 2,928,000 | 32 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 61 | 61 |
S. Cal. Coastal Scrub | 72 | X | 729,377 | 729,000 | 14 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 34 | 36 |
Snake/Col. Shrub Steppe | 75 | | 1,285,337 | 1,285,000 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 40 |
Grt. Basin Shrub Steppe | 76 | | 8,108,880 | 8,109,000 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 47 | 60 | 63 |
Wyoming Basin | 77 | | 594,970 | 595,000 | 3 | 24 | 1 | 35 | 38 | 63 |
Colorado Plateau | 78 | | 3,268,870 | 3,269,000 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 19 | 28 | 39 |
Mojave Desert | 79 | | 424,626 | 425,000 | 23 | 59 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 87 |
Sonoran Desert | 80 | X | 192,522 | 193,000 | 25 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 35 |
Chihuahuan Desert | 81 | X | 338,450 | 338,000 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 30 | 31 |
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Definitions of Categories of Inventoried Roadless Areas | |
1B | Inventoried roadless area where road construction or reconstruction is not allowed | |
1B-1 | Inventoried roadless area where road construction or reconstruction is not allowed, and the forest plan recommends as wilderness | |
1C | Inventoried roadless area where road construction or reconstruction is allowed | | |
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