Encompassing more than three million acres, the Custer Gallatin National Forest is known an ecologically diverse landscape that stretches from the high peaks of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem to the remote buttes and pine savannahs of South Dakota. The Hebgen Lake Ranger District in West Yellowstone, MT is the gateway to Yellowstone National Park and the Lee Metcalf Wilderness, providing recreation to thousands of people every year. The Custer Gallatin National Forest is divided into seven ranger districts: Hebgen Lake Ranger District in West Yellowstone, MT; Bozeman Ranger District in Bozeman, MT; Yellowstone Ranger District in Livingston, MT; Gardiner Ranger District in Gardiner, MT; Beartooth Ranger District in Red Lodge, MT; Ashland Ranger Disctict in Ashland, MT; and Sioux Ranger District in Camp Crook, SD.