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Bucks Lake Wilderness

Coordinates:39°57′15″N121°10′34″W / 39.95417°N 121.17611°W /39.95417; -121.17611
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Protected wilderness area in California, United States

Bucks Lake Wilderness
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LocationNortheastern California, Sierra Nevada Mountain Range,Plumas County, California, United States
Nearest cityQuincy, California
Coordinates39°57′15″N121°10′34″W / 39.95417°N 121.17611°W /39.95417; -121.17611
Area23,958 acres (96.95 km2)
Established1984
Governing bodyU.S. Forest Service

TheBucks Lake Wilderness is a 23,958-acre (97.0 km2)[1]wilderness area located in thePlumas National Forest section of theSierra Nevada, in northeasternCalifornia,United States.

Geography

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The wilderness lies inPlumas County south ofLake Almanor. It protects the northernmost end of theSierra Crest, which beyond the canyon of the North ForkFeather River, is no longer distinct. TheCalifornia Wilderness Act of 1984 set aside the wilderness. The reservoir for which it is named is considered a "boater's Mecca"[2] and is just outside the wilderness boundary.

Natural history

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Bucks Lake Wilderness,Plumas National Forest.

The topography is classicSierra Nevada with gentle slopes on the western side, glacial cirques, and areas of bare granitic rock. The highest point is Mount Pleasant (7,054 ft[3]). Of the 13 cirques in the area, the one-mile (1.6 km)-wide Silver Lake is the largest, located below Spanish Peak of the Sierra crest, just outside the wilderness boundary. The North Fork Feather River canyon forms the north boundary and the wilderness includes its 6-mile (9.7 km)-long canyon wall.

The wilderness provides habitat for theblack bear,coyote,mountain lion, mule deer and black-tailed deer as well as eagle,peregrine falcon, owls and thewillow flycatcher.

Vegetation includes conifers such as sugar, lodgepole andJeffrey pine with almost pure stands ofred fir on the highest elevations. Streams and wet meadows have alder and aspen trees, corn lilies and montane chaparral.

There are three adjacent units ofroadless areas, the largest of which has Bucks Mountain, Bald Eagle Mountain and Bucks Creek.

Bucks Lake

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SeeBucks Lake for full article.

The dam was begun by the Feather River Power Company, which was owned by R.C. Storrie and Robert Muir. The company bought 1,000 acres (4.0 km2), including the Bucks Ranch and began construction in early 1926. Three years and eight million dollars later, the company had financial problems and ended up selling the project to Great Western Power Company who completed the project in 1928.[4]

The 105,600 acre-feet (130,300,000 m3)-capacity reservoir is created by the 122 ft (37 m) high rock-fill dam on Bucks Creek, covers 1,852 acres (7.49 km2) and is operated by thePacific Gas and Electric Company.[5]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^Wilderness.net data page on Bucks Lake Wilderness.
  2. ^Adkinson, Ron p.180
  3. ^United States Geological Survey data page.
  4. ^Young, JimPlumas County: History of the Feather River Region Arcadia Publishing, 2003 p. 103ISBN 0-7385-2409-3
  5. ^"California Department of Water Resources". Archived fromthe original on July 21, 2012. RetrievedDecember 26, 2008.

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