Introduction
A source of inspiration and awe, wilderness is a force that shapes the lives of all Montanans
Montana Wilderness
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Foreword
Wilderness is a way of preserving some small part of the natural grandeur that once seemed endless
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Absaroka-Beartooth
A lofty bastion of wildness surrounded by an encroaching world of human pressures
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Rattlesnake
A wilderness on the brink of civilization, a place where simple ideals mix with complex realities
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Cabinet Mountains
A mountainous land where natural treasures and monetary values balance precariously
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Bob Marshall, Great Bear, Scapegoat
An expansive area where outfitters and guides keep America’s wilderness dream alive
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Red Rock Lakes, UL Bend, Medicine Lake
Small remnants of wilderness providing refuge for America wildest creatures
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Selway-Bitterroot
Where people are learning the difference between protecting the forest and perpetuating nature
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Lee Metcalf
An area created by the awesome forces of nature and shaped by the politics of preservation
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Welcome Creek
An undisturbed island in western Montana’s vast ocean of roads and logged areas
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Anaconda-Pintler
A mountainous area where the future of wilderness resources rests with skilled managers
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Gates of the Mountains
An alluring vestige of America’s frontier, where vicarious explorers outnumber visitors
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Mission Mountains
A place to rediscover the spirit of wildness a link to a heritage fast disappearing
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Epilogue
How much wilderness is enough? When is a wilderness not a wilderness?
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