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Area name Acreage Public Law establishing Federal land manager
Anaconda-Pintlar Wild 157,803 88-577 USDA-FS
Bob Marshall Wild 950,000 88-577 USDA-FS
Cabinet Mountains Wild 94,272 88-577 USDA-FS
Gates of the Mtn Wild 28,562 88-577 USDA-FS
Glacier NP 1,012,599 61-171 USDI-NPS
Medicine Lake Wild 11,366 94-557 USDI-FWS
Mission Mountain Wild 73,877 93-632 USDA-FS
Red Rock Lakes Wild 32,350 94-557 USDI-FWS
Scapegoat Wild 239,295 92-395 USDA-FS
Selway-Bitterroot Wild1 251,930 88-577 USDA-FS
U. L. Bend Wild 20,890 94-557 USDI-FWS
Yellowstone NP2 167,624 (3) USDI-NPS

1Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, 1,240,700 acres overall, of which 988,770 acres are in Idaho and 251,930 acres are in Montana.

2Yellowstone National Park, 2,219,737 acres overall, of which 2,020,625 acres are in Wyoming, 167,624 acres are in Montana, and 31,488 acres are in Idaho.

317 Stat. 32 (42nd Cong.)

[44 FR 69124, Nov. 30, 1979; 45 FR 6103, Jan. 25, 1980]


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