Yaak - By the Numbers
Wilderness and the Kootenai National Forest
- 2.2 million Acres - Total land area of Kootenai National Forest
- 94,000 Acres – Total land area of Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, the only designated Wilderness on the Kootenai National Forest
- 4.2% - Current total percent of entire Kootenai NF that is Wilderness
- 47 – Number of years its been since Congress established a Wilderness Area on Kootenai National Forest (The Cabinet Mountain Wilderness was established in 1964)
Wilderness and the Yaak
- 1 million – Approximate total land area on Kootenai National Forest that is West of Koocanusa Reservoir & North of Kootenai River
- Zero – Total acreage and percent of these lands that is designated Wilderness
- 14 – Number of Inventoried Roadless Areas (IRA) in the Yaak
- 181, 000 - Total combined acreage of these 14 IRAs
- 4 - Number of these IRAs that Rated “High” in all 3 categories for Wilderness determination (Capability, Need & Availability) as evaluated by the KIPZ planning team (USFS). These IRAs include Roderick, NW Peaks, Buckhorn Ridge & Saddle Mountain.
- 4% - Percent of Kootenai National Forest that the above 4 IRAs comprise.