Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness
The Petersburg Creek–Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness is a designated wilderness area located on Kupreanof Island, Alaska, within the Tongass National Forest.[1] Created in 1980 by the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act,[2] the wilderness area protects 46,849 acres of temperate rainforests, salt marsheses and rugged, glacier-carved mountains.[3]
References
- ^ Petersburg Creek – Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness, United States Forest Service.
- ^ Public Law 96-487.
- ^ Petersburg Creek-Duncan Salt Chuck Wilderness, Wilderness.net
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