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<br />0013QZ <br />3. Wilderness Reporting: The process of recommending further <br /> <br />study and reporting results on wilderness study areas to the President, <br /> <br />along with statements as to the suitability of wilderness designations; <br /> <br />based on the President's decisions, recommendations will be sent to Congress. <br /> <br />B. Details <br /> <br />In each of these phases, the public will be invited to participate. <br /> <br />, <br />Each phase is discussed below. <br /> <br />1. Wilderness Invento~J. The inventory phase will be applied <br /> <br />to every acre of public lands available for wilderness consideration. <br /> <br />The objective of the inventory is to identify those lands that meet the <br /> <br />criteria of section 2ec) of the Wilderness Act. Those lends (or areas) <br /> <br />that meet the criteria will be called wilderness study areas and will be <br /> <br />processed through the next two phases of the wilderness review procedures. <br /> <br />Inventory criteria to be usea are outlined below. In most cases, with <br /> <br />a little experience, wilderness study areas can be identified rather <br /> <br />quickly. An important point to remember is that areas under wilderness <br /> <br />study status will be further analyzed in the planning system and by <br /> <br />the public for wilderness suitability recommendations. <br /> <br />Wilderness study areas will be grouped geographically to reduce the <br /> <br />number of reports and expedite the process. <br /> <br />An area or island that obviously meets the criteria of section 2ec) of <br /> <br />the Wilderness Act of 1964 can be designated a potential wilderness <br /> <br />study area without going through the inventory process. These areas <br /> <br />will be taken to the public for their comment. Public comment will also <br /> <br />18 <br />