Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest
The largest of the national forests in Montana, the Beaverhead-Deerlodge covers 3.35 million acres offering a wide variety of recreational pursuits.
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The largest of the national forests in Montana, the Beaverhead-Deerlodge covers 3.35 million acres and lies in eight Southwest Montana counties: Granite, Powell, Jefferson, Deer Lodge, Silver Bow, Madison, Gallatin and Beaverhead.
The forest provides timber, minerals, and grazing lands. It also offers breath-taking scenery for a wide variety of recreational pursuits. Whether its wilderness trekking in the Anaconda-Pintler or Lee Metcalf wildernesses, driving the Gravelly Range Road or Pioneer Mountains Scenic Byway, or camping in one of the 50 small to medium-sized campgrounds in the forest, the Beaverhead-Deerlodge has it all.
Wilderness Areas/Wild & Scenic Rivers
Anaconda Pintler Wilderness - The Anaconda Pintler Wilderness is a 158,656-acre area straddling the Continental Divide located in southwest Montana.
Lee Metcalf Wilderness - The Lee Metcalf includes a variety of physical and biological communities ranging from the low-elevation Bear Trap Canyon on the Madison River (about 4500 feet) to alpine ridges and peaks above 11,000 feet.
Invasive Species
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