Releases three Montana wilderness study areas, about 104,000 acres in total, from wilderness study designation so they are managed under existing land management plans.

• Removes wilderness study area status from the 81,000-acre Middle Fork Judith area and places it under the Forest Service's most recently adopted land and resource management plan.
• Removes wilderness study area status from the 11,380-acre Hoodoo Mountain and 11,580-acre Wales Creek areas and places them under the Bureau of Land Management's applicable land management plans.
• Keeps the released lands subject to applicable environmental and administrative laws and to multiple-use and sustained yield principles.
• Cites the lands' prior determinations of unsuitability for wilderness designation in 1986, 1991, 2020, and 2021 as the basis for the release.

• Energy and Natural Resources Committee (Senate)
• Public Lands, Forests, and Mining Subcommittee

Public Lands and Natural Resources