Wilderness Characteristics Guidance for the BLM

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