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Polygon features depicting the NLCS Wilderness Areas. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directed the Bureau to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. To be designated as a Wilderness Area, an area had to have the following characteristics: Size - roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public lands or of a manageable size; Naturalness - generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature; Opportunities - provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation. In addition, Wilderness Study Areas often have special qualities such as ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific and scenic values. General boundary depictions only; Boundaries are subject to the provisions outlined in BLM Manual 6330 - Management of BLM Wilderness Study Areas:
WSAs established under the authority of Section 603 of FLPMA are identified in the 1993 reports to Congress (as depicted on supporting maps), and can only be altered by Congress. Boundaries of legislative WSAs are established by the enabling legislation and cannot be adjusted unless specified in the legislation. Boundaries of Section 202 WSAs that were submitted to Congress cannot be altered through land use planning. Boundaries of Section 202 WSAs established through a Resource Management Plan (RMP) and not included in the Wilderness Study Reports submitted to Congress in 1993, may be adjusted through a subsequent RMP process, in accordance with standard BLM management of land boundaries policies.
Impacts resulting from unauthorized activities may not be cited to adjust the boundaries of a WSA. |
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Polygon features depicting the NLCS Wilderness Areas. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directed the Bureau to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. To be designated as a Wilderness Area, an area had to have the following characteristics: Size - roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public lands or of a manageable size; Naturalness - generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature; Opportunities - provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation. In addition, Wilderness Study Areas often have special qualities such as ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific and scenic values. General boundary depictions only; Boundaries are subject to the provisions outlined in BLM Manual 6330 - Management of BLM Wilderness Study Areas:
WSAs established under the authority of Section 603 of FLPMA are identified in the 1993 reports to Congress (as depicted on supporting maps), and can only be altered by Congress. Boundaries of legislative WSAs are established by the enabling legislation and cannot be adjusted unless specified in the legislation. Boundaries of Section 202 WSAs that were submitted to Congress cannot be altered through land use planning. Boundaries of Section 202 WSAs established through a Resource Management Plan (RMP) and not included in the Wilderness Study Reports submitted to Congress in 1993, may be adjusted through a subsequent RMP process, in accordance with standard BLM management of land boundaries policies.
Impacts resulting from unauthorized activities may not be cited to adjust the boundaries of a WSA. |
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