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 PUBLIC LAW 95-150—NOV. 1, 1977

91 STAT. 1243

Public Law 95-150 95th Congress An Act To provide for the study of certain lands to determine their suitability for designation as wilderness in accordance with the Wilderness Act of 1964, and for other purposes.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977". SEC. 2. (a) In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (78 Stat. 890; 16 U.S.C. 1132), the Secretary of Agriculture (hereinafter known as the "Secretary") shall, within five years after the date of enactment of this Act, review certain lands designated by this section, as to their suitability for preservation as wilderness, and report his findings to the President, as follows: (1) certain lands in the Beaverhead National Forest, Montana, which are generally depicted on a map entitled "West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area" and dated April 1976, comprising approximately one hundred and fifty-one thousand acres, which shall be known as the West Pioneer Wilderness Study Area; (2) certain lands in the Beaverhead and Gallatin National Forests, Montana, which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Taylor-Hilgard Wilderness Study Area" dated April 1976, comprising approximately two hundred and eighty-nine thousand acres, which shall be known as the Taylor-Hilgard Wilderness Study Area; (3) certain lands in the Bitterroot National Forest, Montana, which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Bluejoint Wilderness Study Area" and dated April 1976, comprising approximately sixty-one thousand acres, which shall be known as the Bluejoint Wilderness Study Area; (4) certain lands in the Bitterroot and Deerlodge National Forests, Montana, which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Sapphire Wilderness Study Area" and dated April 1976, comprising approximately ninety-four thousand acres, which shall be known as the Sapphire Wilderness Study Area; (5) certain lands in the Kootenai National Forest, Montana, which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area" and dated April 1976, comprising approximately thirty-four thousand acres, which shall be known as the Ten Lakes Wilderness Study Area; (6) certain lands in the Jjcwis and Clark National Forest, Montana, which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area" dated April 1976, comprising approximately eighty-one thousand acres, which shall be known as the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area; (7) certain lands in the Lewis and Clark National Forest, Montana, which are generally depicted on a map entitled "Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area" and dated April 1976, comprising approximately ninety-one thousand acres, which shall be known as the Big Snowies Wilderness Study Area;

Nov. 1. 1977 [S. 393]

Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977. 16 USC 1132 note. Land 'nations. review. Report to President. 16 USC 1132 note.

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