By Matt Jennings

In Montana Wilderness Association v. McAllister, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit held that the 2006 Gallatin National Forest Travel Management Plan violated the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977.  The Court found the plan failed to maintain the wilderness character of a wilderness study area as it existed in 1977 and provide recreational users opportunities for solitude, consistent with the level of solitude at the time the Act was passed.

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