From the Thursday, February 24, 2005 online edition of the Hungry Horse News . . .
It's been more than 20 years since the last wilderness area was designated in Montana.
The Montana Wilderness Association wants that streak to end, so it is focusing more of its efforts on wilderness designation, including about 170,000 acres in the North Fork of the Flathead.
Now MWA has a new leader for that approach.
Last week, the association selected Tim Baker as its executive director.
"My primary goal is to get the dialogue back to permanent protection for areas as wilderness," Baker said. "We haven't talked about that for a few years."
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