Bureau of Land Management Agency Resources
This page offers BLM-specific resources about designated wilderness areas, wilderness study areas, and lands with wilderness characteristics.
Wilderness Study Areas
BLM Manual 6330 "Management of Wilderness Study Areas"
How Do We Manage?: Managing Wildernesses vs. BLM WSAs
This narrated Power Point (38.4 MB .pptx) file briefly describes some fundamental differences in the way the BLM manages wilderness study areas versus how it manages wilderness areas.
Lands with Wilderness Characteristics
Manual 6310 - Conducting Wilderness Characteristics Inventory on BLM Lands
- Appendix A - Permanent Documentation File
- Appendix B - Inventory Area Evaluation
- Appendix C - Route Analysis Form
- Appendix D - Photo Log
PowerPoint Training Resources
Date of last revision: 03/17/2013.
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II-B: Inventory Procedures - Route Analysis and Boundary Identification
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II-E: Inventory Procedures - Outstanding Opportunities & Supplemental Values
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II-F: Inventory Procedures - Boundary Adjustments & LWC Documentation
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III-A: Planning - Background to LWCs in Planning
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III-C: Planning - Placing LWCs in the Land Use Planning Process
Alaska-Specific PowerPoints
Date of last revision 09/26/2011.
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II-B: Inventory Procedures - Route Analysis and Boundary Identification
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II-E: Inventory Procedures - Outstanding Opportunities & Supplemental Values
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II-F: Inventory Procedures - Boundary Adjustments & LWC Documentation
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III-C: Planning - Placing LWCs in the Land Use Planning Process
Other
Contact
James Sippel, BLM Representative at the Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center