Wilderness Management

In this final rule, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) revises and updates the regulations for management of designated wilderness areas. In February of 1985, BLM issued the existing regulations. Since the original issuance of the regulations, BLM has developed new policies, Congress has required new procedures, and technologies have changed. The final rule meets the need for updated regulations by adding new requirements based on changes in legislation or agency objectives, clarifying what uses BLM allows and authorizes in wilderness areas, what acts BLM prohibits, and explaining special uses the Wilderness Act explicitly allows, and how BLM allows access to non- Federal lands located within BLM wilderness areas.