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The Cabinet Mountains Wilderness, created by an act of Congress in 1964, is located in the U.S. state of Montana.Protecting the wildest portions of the Cabinet Mountains and an integral part of Kootenai National Forest [2] and Kaniksu National Forest, the wilderness had enjoyed more limited protection since 1935 as a Primitive Area.
Cabin Creek, Gallatin National Forest Based on the U.S. Board on Geographic Names, there are at least 20 named National and State Forests in Montana. In addition to currently named forests, there are at least 22 former named forests that have been consolidated into current forest lands. National Forests are administered by the United States Forest Service, an agency of the United States ...
The Lee Metcalf Wilderness is located in the northern Rocky Mountains in the U.S. state of Montana.Created by an act of Congress in 1983, this rugged alpine wilderness is divided into four separated parcels typified by complex mountain topography: Bear Trap Canyon unit, Spanish Peaks unit, Taylor-Hilgard unit, and Monument Mountains unit.
The Beaverhead–Deerlodge National Forest is the largest of the National Forests in Montana, United States. Covering 3.36 million acres (13,600 km 2), the forest is broken into nine separate sections and stretches across eight counties in the southwestern area of the state.
U.S. Forest Service The Anaconda–Pintler Wilderness is located in southwestern Montana , in the northwestern United States . It runs for 40 miles (64 km) along both sides of the crest of the Anaconda Range , covering almost 250 square miles (650 km 2 ).
Forest headquarters are located in Libby, Montana. There are local ranger district offices in Eureka, Fortine, Libby, Trout Creek, and Troy, Montana. [1] About 53 percent of the 94,272-acre (381.51 km 2) Cabinet Mountains Wilderness is located within the forest, with the balance lying in neighboring Kaniksu National Forest. [2]
U.S. Forest Service The Selway–Bitterroot Wilderness is a protected wilderness area in the states of Idaho and Montana , in the northwestern United States . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] At 1.3 million acres (5,300 km²), it is one of the largest designated wilderness areas in the United States (14th overall, but third-largest outside Alaska ).
The Beartooth's are home to Granite Peak, which at 12,799 ft (3,901 m), is the highest point both in the forest and in Montana. A separate section of the forest north of Livingston, Montana, is located in the Crazy Mountains which rise over 7,000 ft (2,100 m) above the Great Plains to the east. The forest includes two wilderness areas, the ...