On Sunday the Montana Wilderness Association, Great Burn Study Group and EcoFlight offered Missoula journalists an hour-long flyover of the Great Burn Proposed Wilderness Areastraddling the Montana-Idaho border west and north of Missoula.
Slideshow: Great Burn Proposed Wilderness Area
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7,080' Crater Peak near the north end of the Great Burn recommended Wilderness area
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Bitterrroot Range peaks at the south end of the Great Burn recommended Wilderness Area
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EcoFlight pilot/president Bruce Gordon, left, and MWA's Dan Harper
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Fish Lake
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Siamese Lakes
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The eastern boundary of the Great Burn lies just beyond the roads in this photo
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Some of the 252,000 roadless acres in the Great Burn
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There is dramatic contrast between the Great Burn and lands just east of it