; and (B) over 700,000 acres of public land in the State of Montana currently designated as wilderness study areas have been determined unsuitable for wilderness management; (8) if the wilderness study area designation was removed from each of the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area, the Hoodoo Mountain Wilderness Study Area, and the Wales Creek Wilderness Study Area, land managers would be able to better conserve and manage the areas in accordance with applicable land and resource management plans that retain certain protections for the areas, while providing for— (A) enhanced sportsmen opportunities in the backcountry of Montana; (B) improved public access; and (C) the conduct of wildlife habitat and wildfire mitigation projects; (9) the applicable land and resource management plans referred to in paragraph (8) were developed through a multi-year, collaborative process supported by— (A) resource needs and conditions; and (B) the best available science; and (10) following release, the respective land management agencies shall continue managing the areas described in paragraph (8)— (A) in accordance with applicable environmental and administrative laws; and (B) based on local input, multiple-use and sustained yield principles, and land management objectives. 3. Release and improved management of land comprising certain wilderness study areas 2. Release and improved management of land comprising certain wilderness study areas (a) Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area The approximately 81,000 acres of land comprising the Middle Fork Judith Wilderness Study Area— (1) shall no longer be subject to section 3(a) of the Montana Wilderness Study Act of 1977 ( Public Law 95–150 ; 91 Stat. 1244)