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Hells Canyon (Pittsburg Landing)
Idaho, Idaho·Rockhounding
Rockhounding at Hells Canyon is mixed: a third of the NRA is Wilderness, where collecting is prohibited, and no policy for the rest was confirmed.
- Hells Canyon National Recreation Area is administered by the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, with the Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests co-managing roughly 117,000 acres on the Idaho side — this is Forest Service land, not BLM, despite widespread BLM labeling in rockhounding guides
- Roughly a third of the NRA is designated Hells Canyon Wilderness, where the Wilderness Act of 1964 prohibits collecting any natural object, rocks included, regardless of quantity