Wilderness Areas
There are two officially designated wilderness areas within Idaho Panhandle National Forest that are part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. Both lie within the Kaniksu National Forest section and extend into neighboring National Forests (as indicated).
- Cabinet Mountains Wilderness (mostly in Kootenai NF)
- Salmo-Priest Wilderness (mostly in Colville NF)
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Famous quotes containing the words wilderness and/or areas:
“The child grew and became strong in spirit, and he was in the wilderness until the day he appeared publicly to Israel.”
—Bible: New Testament, Luke 1:80.
“... two great areas of deafness existed in the South: White Southerners had no ears to hear that which threatened their Dream. And colored Southerners had none to hear that which could reduce their anger.”
—Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 1, ch. 16 (1962)