Wilderness and Wild Areas 



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WILDERNESS AREAS AND WILD AREAS IN THE NATIONAL FORESTS Continued 



Name 



Anaconda-Pintlar, Wilderness 

 Area (145,000 acres). 



Beartooth, Wilderness Area 

 (230,000 acres). 



Bob Marshall, Wilderness Area 

 (950,000 acres). 



Selway-Bitterroot, 2 Wilderness 



Area (291,085 acres). 

 Absaroka, Wild Area (64,000 



acres). 



Cabinet Mountains, Wild Area 

 (90,000 acres). 



Gates of the Mountains, Wild 



Area (28,562 acres). 

 Mission Mountains, Wild Area 



(75,500 acres). 



Spanish Peaks, Wild Area 

 (50,000 acres). 



Black Range, Wilderness Area 



(169,984 acres). 

 Gila, Wilderness Area (567,054 



acres). 

 Pecos Division, Wilderness Area 



(137,820 acres). 

 San Pedro Parks, Wild Area 



(41,132 acres). 



White Mountain, Wild Area 

 (24,000 acres). 



MONTANA 



National forest and 



headquarters 

 Beaver head (Dillon). 

 Bitterroot (Hamil- 

 ton). 



Deerlodge (Butte) . . 

 Custer (Billings) . . . 



Special features 



Rough mountain territory distinguished by a 

 chain of barren, precipitous peaks, from which 

 drop long forested slopes. 



Rugged high mountain area. Includes Granite 

 Peak, highest in Montana; Grasshopper Glacier. 

 High mountainous area noted for good hunting 

 and fishing, remoteness from commercial 

 activity, and historic and geologic interest. 

 Mountainous, wooded area lying mostly west of 



the Bitterroot Range. Exclusive wildlife. 

 High mountain area, mainly wooded, typical 



peaks. Good fishing; fair hunting; moose, 

 f Cabinet (Thompson 1 

 I Falls). 



Uootenai (Libby).. J 

 Helena (Helena). . . Spectacular limestone cliffs and Indian writings. 



fFlathead(Kalispell). 

 | Lewis & Clark (Great 

 I Falls). 



Bitterroot (Hamil- 

 ton). 



Gal latin (Bozeman) 



lofty, peak-studded area of scenic grandeur. 

 Bi & S ame and wild flowers in abundance. 



Flathead (Kalispell) . High mountainous area of alpine lakes, glaciers, 

 and peaks, and containing unique glacial evi- 

 dence. Grizzly bear and mountain goats. 



Gallatin (Bozeman) . Wild, but not too rough topography. Fishing is 

 outstanding. 



NEW MEXICO 



Gila (Silver City) . . Rough, forested terrain providing good trout 

 fishing; good deer and bear hunting. 



Gila (Silver City). . . Topography is rough to precipitous, with many 

 deep box canyons. Hunting and trout fishing. 



Santa Fe (Santa Fe). High back country adjoining an area of high 

 recreational use. 



Santa Fe (Santa Fe). A high plateau containing numerous old pueblos, 

 cliff dwellings, and other evidence of historic 

 and prehistoric Indian occupancy. 

 A variety of mountain scenery and forest cover 

 types is represented. Elevation 6,000 to I i,ooo 



Eagle Cap, Wilderness Area 

 (220,280 acres). 



Three Sisters, Wilderness Area 

 (246,728 acres). 



Gearhart Mountain, Wild Area 



(18,709 acres). 

 Kalmiopsis, Wild Area (78,850 



acres). 



2 Also located in Idaho. 



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Lincoln (Alamo- 

 gordo). 



OREGON 



fWallowa (Enter- 

 | prise). 



[Whitman (Baker).. 

 fDeschutes (Bend). . 

 | Willamette (Eu- 

 l gene). 

 Fremont (Lakeview). 



Siskiyou (Grants 

 Pass). 



Embraces some of the highest peaks (to 10,000 

 feet) and includes some of the best fishing 

 waters in eastern Oregon. 



Includes the Three Sisters Mountains and numer- 

 ous peaks and glaciers, among them Collier 

 Glacier, Oregon's largest. 



300 foot "Gearhart Notch" near top of mountain; 

 good deer hunting. 



In the Port-Orford-cedar region; 17 species of 

 conifers. 



