Bright Star Potential Wilderness Additions
 Managing
agency: Sequoia National Forest and Bureau of Land Management, Bakersfield
Field Office
Size: Approximately 49,984 acres.
Location: Roughly one mile south of Lake Isabella Reservoir.
Description: The Brightstar potential wilderness
additions harbor a unique combination of spectacular scenery.
Within a very small area, four different bioregions come together, including the Sierra Nevada, the Transverse Ranges, the Mojave Desert, and the Central Valley. Plant and animal species living here are found together nowhere else. From a scientific perspective, this area offers rare opportunities to study rapid evolution and ecosystem development.
The Brightstar proposed wilderness additions also contain the Inspiration Point
Botanical Area. This area was set aside to protect the outstanding view from
this point.
The proposed additions include the Piute Cypress Research Natural Area and the Bodfish Piute Cypress Botanical Area, both of which contain rare plant species such as the Piute cypress. These cypresses have a very limited range.
The water running through this region is used for irrigation
and municipal water in Kern County.
For additional information, please contact:
Kern River Wildlands
P.O. Box 307
Tehachapi, CA 93581
(661) 821-2055
Or:
Emily Templin
California Wild Heritage Campaign
1345 East Bulldog Ave, Suite 4
Fresno, CA 93710
(559) 226-2570
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Just three miles off of Interstate 80, 
