From the Missoulian: "In the past 30 years, Montana's would-be wilderness hasn't changed much. But the debate around it certainly has.
"Congress has two national wilderness bills in play this session. One that zipped through the Senate last month would protect acreage in nine states - but not Montana. Another in the House of Representatives includes more than 7 million Montana acres, but has no support from the state's congressional delegation....
"The most recent appeared Friday, when the Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest released its updated forest management plan with 322,000 acres of recommended wilderness in the Anaconda-Pintler mountains, Garfield Mountain and Snowcrest Range."
The Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest revised management plan has been posted on the forest website.
The source article references two wilderness bills: Senate Bill 22 and House Bill 980. The bill text and status of the bills is detailed on THOMAS.
Source: Chaney, R. (23 February 2009). "Wilderness proposals, debates cropping up." Missoulian. A1.
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