# Nez Perce National Forest

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National forest in Oregon, Idaho, and Montana, U.S.

Nez Perce National Forest Crooked Creek in Gospel Hump Wilderness Location Idaho County, Idaho, U.S. Nearest city Grangeville, Idaho Coordinates 45°27′N 115°55′W / 45.450°N 115.917°W / 45.450; -115.917 Area 2,224,091 acres (9,000.58 km2) Established July 1, 1908 Governing body U.S. Forest Service Website www.fs.usda.gov/nezperceclearwater

The **Nez Perce National Forest** is a 4,000,000-acre (16,000 km2)[1] [United States National Forest](/source/United_States_National_Forest) located in west-central [Idaho](/source/Idaho).[2] The forest is bounded on the east by the state of [Montana](/source/Montana), on the north by the [Clearwater National Forest](/source/Clearwater_National_Forest), on the west by a portion of the [Wallowa–Whitman National Forest](/source/Wallowa%E2%80%93Whitman_National_Forest) and on the south by the [Payette National Forest](/source/Payette_National_Forest).

The mountains in this forest provide wildlife habitat for [timber wolf](/source/Northwestern_wolf), [raccoon](/source/Raccoon), [moose](/source/Moose), [black bear](/source/American_black_bear), [coyote](/source/Coyote), [cougar](/source/North_American_cougar), [elk](/source/Rocky_Mountain_elk), two species of [fox](/source/Fox), [bald eagle](/source/Bald_eagle), [pika](/source/American_pika), [beaver](/source/North_American_beaver), [flammulated owl](/source/Flammulated_owl), [pine marten](/source/American_marten), [white-tailed](/source/White-tailed_deer) and [mule deer](/source/Mule_deer), [muskrat](/source/Muskrat), [river otter](/source/North_American_river_otter), [peregrine falcon](/source/Peregrine_falcon), [mink](/source/American_mink), [marmot](/source/Marmot), [fisher](/source/Fisher_(animal)), and [mountain goat](/source/Mountain_goat).

## History

The Nez Perce National Forest was established on July 1, 1908, by the [U.S. Forest Service](/source/U.S._Forest_Service) with 1,946,340 acres (7,876.6 km2) from parts of [Bitterroot National Forest](/source/Bitterroot_National_Forest) and [Weiser National Forest](/source/Weiser_National_Forest). On October 29, 1934, part of [Selway National Forest](/source/Selway_National_Forest) was added.[3]

In 2012, Nez Perce National Forest and Clearwater National Forest were administratively combined as **Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests**, with headquarters in [Kamiah, Idaho](/source/Kamiah%2C_Idaho).[4] There are local [ranger district](/source/Ranger_Districts_in_US_National_Forests) offices in [Elk City](/source/Elk_City%2C_Idaho), [Grangeville](/source/Grangeville%2C_Idaho), [Kooskia](/source/Kooskia%2C_Idaho), and [White Bird](/source/White_Bird%2C_Idaho).[5]

In 2018, the Penman Mine in Nez Perce served as a filming location for [Discovery Channel](/source/Discovery_Channel)'s *[Gold Rush](/source/Gold_Rush_(TV_Series))*. During this filming, on October 5, 2018, [Raw TV](/source/Raw_TV) production staff member Terrance Woods Jr. (27) was reported as missing, as was Connie Johnson (76), a cook for Richie Outfitters last seen October 2. Johnson's border collie, Ace, was recovered alive at the Moose Creek ranger station three weeks later, but as of 2022, neither Johnson nor Woods have been found.[6][7]

## Wilderness areas

There are four officially designated [wilderness areas](/source/Wilderness_area) within Nez Perce National Forest that are part of the [National Wilderness Preservation System](/source/National_Wilderness_Preservation_System). Three of these are partly or mostly in neighboring National Forests (as indicated).

- [Frank Church—River of No Return Wilderness](/source/Frank_Church%E2%80%94River_of_No_Return_Wilderness) (only 4.68% lies within Nez Perce NF; mostly in either Payette National Forest, [Challis NF](/source/Challis_National_Forest), [Salmon NF](/source/Salmon_National_Forest), [Boise NF](/source/Boise_National_Forest), or [Bitterroot NF](/source/Bitterroot_National_Forest))[8]

- [Gospel Hump Wilderness](/source/Gospel_Hump_Wilderness)

- [Hells Canyon Wilderness](/source/Hells_Canyon_Wilderness_(Oregon_and_Idaho)) (mostly in Wallowa National Forest; partly in Payette National Forest, Whitman National Forest, or [BLM](/source/Bureau_of_Land_Management) land)

- [Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness](/source/Selway-Bitterroot_Wilderness) (partly in Bitterroot NF; Clearwater National Forest; [Lolo NF](/source/Lolo_National_Forest))

A map of Nez Perce National Forest (orange).

## See also

- [Nez Perce tribe](/source/Nez_Perce_tribe)

- [List of national forests of the United States](/source/List_of_national_forests_of_the_United_States)

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests - Home"](https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/nezperce-clearwater). Fs.usda.gov. Retrieved September 16, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Table 6 - NFS Acreage by State, Congressional District and County](http://www.fs.fed.us/land/staff/lar/2007/TABLE_6.htm) - [United States Forest Service](/source/United_States_Forest_Service) - September 30, 2007

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Davis, Richard C. (September 29, 2005), [*National Forests of the United States*](https://web.archive.org/web/20121028014355/http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf) (PDF), The Forest History Society, archived from [the original](http://www.foresthistory.org/ASPNET/Places/National%20Forests%20of%20the%20U.S.pdf) (PDF) on October 28, 2012, retrieved July 20, 2009

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["About the Forest"](https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/nezperce-clearwater). Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests. Retrieved June 6, 2016.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["USFS Ranger Districts by State"](https://web.archive.org/web/20120119235755/http://www.ufwda.org/pdfs/USDAForestServiceRangerDistricts.pdf) (PDF). Archived from [the original](http://www.ufwda.org/pdfs/USDAForestServiceRangerDistricts.pdf) (PDF) on January 19, 2012. Retrieved April 14, 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["The shockingly weird disappearance of Terrence Woods"](https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/tag/The+strange+disappearance+of+Terrence+Woods). *strangeoutdoors.com*. Retrieved January 31, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["The Strange disappearance of Connie Johnson from Big Fog Mountain"](https://www.strangeoutdoors.com/mysterious-stories-blog/tag/Fog+Mountain+Idaho). *strangeoutdoors.com*. Retrieved January 31, 2022.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness acreage breakdown, Wilderness.net](http://www.wilderness.net/index.cfm?fuse=NWPS&sec=acreage&WID=194)

## External links

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- [Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests](https://www.fs.usda.gov/r01/nezperce-clearwater)

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