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On July 11, 2019
Bell Ringer: Idaho National Forest and Wilderness Bill Signing Ceremony
Idaho National Forest and Wilderness Bill
President Obama signed H.R. 1138, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, which specified 275,665 acres of central Idaho as protected wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. It also releases specified portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area as wilderness study areas
Description
President Obama signed H.R. 1138, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, which specified 275,665 acres of central Idaho as protected wilderness areas and as components of the National Wilderness Preservation System. It also releases specified portions of the Sawtooth National Recreation Area as wilderness study areas.
Bell Ringer Assignment
- What does the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act create?
- According to President Obama, how might it be an "economic engine"?
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- Act
- Designation
- Economics
- House Of Representatives
- National Wilderness Protection System
- President
- Tourism