Clark Corbin

(Idaho Capital Sun) Some of the newest wilderness areas in America are celebrating their 10th anniversary this month thanks to a years-long bipartisan public lands push that started in Idaho.

On Aug. 7. 2015, former President Barack Obama signed the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act , which was sponsored by U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson, R-Idaho, into law.

The law designated three new wilderness areas for permanent protection in central Idaho:

The Hemingway-Boulders Wilderness

The White Clouds Wilderness, which has since been renamed the Cecil D. Andrus-White Clouds Wilderness

The Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness

Together, the wilderness areas are often lumped together in conversation as the Boulder-White Clouds, for short.

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