I would suggest to the gentleman, I do not have the exact acreage number before me, but it is more than 170,000 acres. We responded to the Defense Department's requests concerning lands available for wilderness by leaving these areas in wilderness study area or undesignated lands and it is adequate to what the request is of the Department of Defense as to the amount.
Discussing land management in relation to the Defense Department's requests.
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