Wildernesses of the Northern Region
A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. ~ Wilderness Act, September 3, 1964
Wild places stir our souls. In the 1960s Congress understood their importance and acted to preserve many wild places as Wilderness or Wild and Scenic Rivers. Much of the Northern Region remains remote and wild today; five million acres are preserved within the Wilderness System and eight rivers are part of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Untrammeled
Untrammeled is an inspiring 27-minute film about passing the torch for wilderness to the next generation. Filmed in Montana’s Scapegoat and Bob Marshall Wilderness areas, it features Montana high school and college age youth, as they experience wilderness, some for the very first time.
Watch the full-length film on YouTube.
The film was produced by the U.S. Forest Service, Northern Region, in partnership with Back Country Horsemen of Montana, local outfitters, the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center, Wilderness Institute University of Montana, Montana Wilderness Association, Missoula Public Schools, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribal Education Department and others.
It was produced for the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Wilderness Act in 2014.
Wilderness areas managed by the Northern Region National Forests by State
Idaho
- Gospel-Hump Wilderness - Salmon-Challis National Forest, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests
- Salmo-Priest Wilderness - Colville National Forest, Idaho Panhandle National Forests
- Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness - Salmon-Challis National Forest, Payette National Forest, Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forests, Bitterroot National Forest
Idaho/Montana
- Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness - Nez Perce-Clearwater National Forest, Bitterroot National Forest, Lolo National Forest
Montana
- Anaconda-Pintler Wilderness - Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, Bitterroot National Forest
- Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness - Custer Gallatin National Forest, Shoshone National Forest
- Bob Marshall Wilderness - Flathead National Forest, Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness - Kootenai National Forest
- Gates of the Mountains Wilderness - Helena-Lewis and Clark National Forest
- Great Bear Wilderness - Flathead National Forest
- Lee Metcalf Wilderness - Custer Gallatin National Forest, Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest, co-managed with the Bureau of Land Management
- Mission Mountain Wilderness - Flathead National Forest
- Rattlesnake Wilderness - Lolo National Forest
- Scapegoat Wilderness - Lolo National Forest
- Welcome Creek Wilderness - Lolo National Forest