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ok, this section of the US consisting of idaho, western montana and western wyoming has 3 national parks and 8 national forests and dozens of wilderness areas
some highlights include Yellowstone national park of 2.5 million acres, not including the greater yellowstone ecossytem surrounding the park, the largest fully intact temperate forest/mountain ecoysstem in the northern hemisphere
the bob marshall wilderness and the frank church river of no return wildernesses, respectively in montana and idaho, combined area larger than Switzerland. thats just the wilderness area, meaning a designated contiguous portion of national park/forest/BLM land where there is 0 development other than trails and maybe historic landmarks, per the wilderness act of 1964