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<br />~_ t --._~. <br /> <br />WHY. HOW and WHEN. to use this information <br /> <br />The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Wilderness Review is based on the <br />guidelines of Section 603 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act <br />of 1976 (FLPMA). and Section 2(c) of the Wilderness Act of 1964 (WA). <br />as detailed in the BLM Wilderness Handbook 1978 (blue book). <br /> <br />"Sec. 603. (a) Within fifteen years after the date of <br />approval of this Act, Secretary shall review those roadless <br />areas of five thousand acres or more and'roadless islands <br />of the public lands, identified during the inventory req;,';;,>ed <br />by Section 201(a) of this Act as having wilderness charact,,,,- <br />istics described in the Wilderness Act of September 3, 1964 <br />(78 Stat. 890; 16 V.S.C. 1131 et seq.) and shall from time <br />to time report to the President his recommendation as to the <br />suitability or nonsuitability of each such area or island <br />for preservation as wilderness: Provided, That prior to any <br />recommendations for the designation of an area as wilderness <br />the Secretary shall cause mineral surveys to be conducted by <br />the Geological Survey and the Bureau of Mines to determine <br />the mineral values, if any, that may be present in such areas... <br /> <br />(c) During the period of review of such areas and until <br />Congress has determined otherwise, the Secretary shall con- <br />tinue to manage such lands according to his authority under <br />this Act and other applicable law in a manner so as not to <br />impair the suitability of such areas for preservation as <br />wilderness, subject, however, to the continuation of existing <br />mining and grazing uses and mineral leasing in the manner and <br />degree in which the same was being conducted on the date of <br />approval of this Act: Provided, That, in managing the public <br />lands the Secretary shall by regulation or otherwise taken <br />any action required to prevent unnecessary or undue degrada- <br />tion of the lands and their resources or to afford environ- <br />mental protection." <br /> <br />Federal Land Policy and Management Act-1976 <br /> <br />'~ec. 2.(c)...is hereby recognized as an area where the earth <br />and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man him- <br />self is a visitor who does not remain. An area of wilderness <br />is fui>ther defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped <br />Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, <br />without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is <br />protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions <br />and which (1) generally appears to have been affected primarily <br />by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work sub- <br />stantially unnoticeable; <br /> <br />0956 <br />