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Wilderness Characteristics Guidance for the BLM

This document serves as a comprehensive guide for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on wilderness characteristics inventory procedures. It focuses on aspects such as background information, route analysis, boundary identification, and size criteria for inventorying wilderness areas. The guidance outlines options for determining the size and contiguity of potential wilderness areas, as well as naturalness and outstanding opportunities. Special attention is given to the documentation required for wilderness evaluation, ensuring an effective inventory process that aligns with BLM objectives for preserving wilderness character.

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Wilderness Characteristics Guidance for the BLM

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  1. Wilderness CharacteristicsGuidance for the BLM I. Introduction II. Inventory Procedures A. Background B. Route Analysis & Boundary Identification C. Size D. Naturalness E. Outstanding Opportunities & Supplemental Values F. Boundary Adjustments & LWC Documentation III. Planning Inventory - Size

  2. Wilderness CharacteristicsGuidance for the BLM Inventory Procedures: Size Inventory - Size

  3. Size – Option 1 • Roadless more than 5,000 acres contiguous BLM • do not count State or private inholdings • do not inventory State or private Inventory - Size

  4. Size – Option I • “Contiguous” • having boundaries that touch not “contiguous” Inventory - Size

  5. Size – Option I • “Contiguous” • sharing an edge, not sharing a point not “contiguous” Inventory - Size

  6. Size – Option I • “Contiguous” • sharing an edge, not sharing a point “contiguous” Inventory - Size

  7. Size – Option I • “Contiguous” • sharing an edge, not sharing a point “contiguous”? Inventory - Size

  8. Size – Option 2 • Roadless regardless of size contiguous with lands formally determined to have • wilderness values • potential wilderness values • Federal lands managed to protect wilderness characteristics Inventory - Size

  9. Size – Option 2 • Roadless regardless of size contiguous with • Wilderness (BLM, FWS, FS, NPS) • BLM Wilderness Study Area • FWS “Proposed for Wilderness Designation” • FS “Recommended Wilderness” or “Wilderness Study Area” • NPS “Recommended” or “Proposed” Inventory - Size

  10. Size – Option 2 • Roadless regardless of size contiguous with • Wilderness (BLM, FWS, FS, NPS) • BLM Wilderness Study Area • FWS “Proposed for Wilderness Designation” • FS “Recommended Wilderness” or “Wilderness Study Area” • NPS “Recommended” or “Proposed” NOT FS “Roadless” areas unless also “Recommended Wilderness” NOT NPS “Eligible for Wilderness Study” Inventory - Size

  11. Size – Option 3 • Roadless and possible to manage as wilderness regardless of size Inventory - Size

  12. Size – Option 4 • Roadless Island Inventory - Size

  13. Size – Documentation • Document size rationale • If no size criteria are met • no wilderness characteristics • further inventory activity not necessary • document! • If size criterion is met • proceed to “naturalness” criterion Inventory - Size

  14. Wilderness CharacteristicsGuidance for the BLM Inventory Procedures: Size End of Module IIC Inventory - Size

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