Waterhouse Proposed Addition to the Emigrant Wilderness
 Size:
Approximately 3,840 acres
Managing agency: Stanislaus National Forest
Location: Along the
northwestern edge of the Emigrant
Wilderness in Tuolumne County.
Description:
- The Waterhouse area
contains the upper watershed
of the South Fork Stanislaus
River. This river provides
drinking and irrigation water
to residents and farmers of
the foothills and Central
Valley.
- This area contains popular
recreational areas including
Cleo's Bath and many other pools along the South
Fork Stanislaus River.
- Some of the most recent
sightings of sensitive
furbearers have occurred here.
 The
Waterhouse proposed wilderness contains Cleo's Bath and other highly popular
pools and cascades along the South Fork Stanislaus River and Herring Creek.
The most prominent feature of Waterhouse is its open, park-like granite canyon.
Pinecrest Lake, within this area, is one of California's most heavily visited
destinations, yet just upstream and around a ridge begins this remote, lightly
used wildland of grandeur and panoramic beauty. The Waterhouse area is composed
mainly of one vast granite canyon, sliced by the South Fork Stanislaus River,
with the upper slopes and rim of the canyon covered by patches of pristine conifer
forest.
Many of the Stanislaus National Forest's best sightings of sensitive furbearer
species, such as fisher, marten, wolverine, and Sierra Nevada red fox, come
from within or close to this wild area.
In addition to protecting wildlife
habitat, wilderness designation would
help maintain the purity of the upper
watershed of the South Fork
Stanislaus River, where snowmelt
eventually becomes the water supply
for residents and farmers of the
foothills and Central Valley.
 For
additional information, please contact:
John Buckley
Central Sierra Environmental Resource Center
Box 396
Twain Harte, CA 95383
Phone: (209) 586-7440
Email: cserc@sonnet.com
www.cserc.org
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Just three miles off of Interstate 80, 
