Show area wilderness announced by USDA Secretary of Agriculture Bob Bergland last week proposed wilderness designation for more than 15 million acres of National Forest areas and proposed another 36 million acres of areas for multiple uses other than Congressional designation of the 15 million acres as wilderness would almost double the size of the department's portion of the National Wilderness Preservation Bergland simultaneously proposed that more planning be done on 11 million acres of the total of 62 million undeveloped acres inventoried by the Forest Service in proposals result an Area Review and Evaluation which identified the areas and proposed what future use should be made of A final environmental impact statement containing these proposals has been filed with the Environmental Protection Bergland In announcing his RARE II Bergland noted that during the next 45 days will seek the counsel of members of Congress and this I will make my legislative recommendations final and send them to President I that shortly afterwards the President will transmit the wilderness proposals to the Congress with his recommendation that these areas be designated as he great Bergland the 15 million acres recommended for designation as wilderness by congressional These areas were singled out through the RARE II analysis as lands which will add depth and diversity to our National Wilderness Preservation and are areas of particularly strong public They have been tested against our RARE II criteria and found to have important wilderness values in each exceed their potential values for Proposal for Kf IDAHO In the Caribou and Sawtooth National Forests are within the Intermountain These forests have a total of Recommended for Wilderness are in- the Intermountain Region and in the Northern Region-or 11 percent of the total National Forest land in the Other proposals in Idaho include acres for further planning and for acres are designated Wilderness and acres Primitive UTAH In within the Mantl-LaSal and Uinta National there is a total of The Final Environmental Statement recommends acres percent of the state's total National Forest for Wilderness acres for further planning and acres for acres of National Forest land in Utah are in Wilderness or Primitive Area NEVADA In the and Humboldt National Forests have a total of The Final Environmental Statement recommends acres percent of the National Forest for |