wilderness area

They laid two miles of illegal trails and developed campsites and kitchens in a federally protected wilderness area.

McLellan was involved in efforts to restore grizzlies in the North Cascades in Washington state and the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness Area in Montana and Idaho.

Mandatory evacuations were in place for portions of northern Inyo and southeastern Mono counties, including Laws in Inyo County, Chalfant in Mono County and the White Mountains Wilderness Area.

The opening of the V-Road in the Escalante Canyons section of the monument has left the area — under consideration for higher protection as a wilderness area — marred by vandalism, trash and more human waste.

Baldy, 13 homes in Wrightwood and six cabins in the Angeles National Forest’s wilderness area.