The Madison-Gallatin Chapter of the Montana Wilderness Association announces the latest in its free “Wilderness and...” lecture series, “Wilderness and Wild and Scenic Rivers” to be presented by Michael Fiebig of the Northern Rockies Office of American Rivers on Wednesday evening, January 25 at the Large Community Room of the Bozeman Public Library. While free-flowing rivers are the acknowledged lifeblood our most cherished ecosystems, nearly 79,000 dams impound roughly 600,000 miles of river in the U.S. The Wild and Scenic Rivers Act is America’s most powerful yet little known law for permanently protecting wild, free-flowing rivers. Come learn about the history of the Act, what it means for a river to be designated as “Wild and Scenic,” and how wild river conservation is being done 50 years after the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act was passed.