Nez Perce National Forest

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 located in west-central Idaho.^[2] The forest is bounded on the east by the state of Montana, on the north by the Clearwater National Forest, on the west by a portion of the Wallowa–Whitman National Forest and on the south by the Payette National Forest.

The mountains in this forest provide wildlife habitat for timber wolf, raccoon, moose, black bear, coyote, cougar, elk, two species of fox, bald eagle, pika, beaver, flammulated owl, pine marten, white-tailed and mule deer, muskrat, river otter, peregrine falcon, mink, marmot, fisher, and mountain goat.