Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness | |
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Location | San Bernardino County, California, United States |
Nearest city | Baker, California |
Coordinates | 35°47′03″N116°20′28″W / 35.78417°N 116.34111°W /35.78417; -116.34111 |
Area | 1,530 acres (6.2 km2) |
Established | 1994 (1994)[1] |
Governing body | Bureau of Land Management[2] |
Saddle Peak Hills Wilderness is the smallest designated wilderness area created by theCalifornia Desert Protection Act of 1994.[3]
A 1980 Bureau of Land Management report recommended the area as unsuitable for wilderness designation, as the mineral resources identified in the study were likely to be commercially viable. These included copper, lead, silver and talc, all of which had been historically extracted in the area.[4]
The area was given wilderness status on 21 October 1994.[5]
The area contains considerable deposits oftalc.[4]
Vegetation consists mostly ofcreosote bush andallscale scrubs. No sensitive or significant plant species are known to occur within the wilderness area.[4]
The area is not known to support any listed, sensitive or rare species.[Note 1]
The sandy substrate in an area of approximately 3 square miles (1,920 acres / 7.8 square kilometres) provides habitat for theMojave fringe-toed lizard, a highly adapted sand-dwelling species.[4]
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