Wilderness Management Policies and Principles
This presentation covers various aspects of wilderness management, including the history and purpose of the Wilderness Act, values and benefits of the National Wilderness Preservation System, definitions, management principles, court decisions, and Forest Service policies. It emphasizes the importance of stewardship and the need to prioritize wilderness values in decision-making processes. The policies outlined aim to maintain and perpetuate the enduring resource of wilderness while managing other resources in a manner compatible with wilderness objectives.
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This file is part of the FS Resources section at: http://www.wilderness.net/fs/ This presentation should be reviewed and revised as needed to match the local training objectives and target audience and local images should be inserted where needed. The Wilderness Act training presentations are posted in parts which may be combined or used separately as needed: History and Purpose of the Wilderness Act National Wilderness Preservation System Values and Benefits Definitions and Management Other Laws Stewardship Principles Court Decisions FS Policy More Information
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Wilderness Stewardship Forest Service Policy for Wilderness Management FSM 2320
Forest Service Policy for Wilderness Management FSM 2320 Very minor changes in 2007 to policy dated June 21, 1990 Policy revision process underway (Nov. 2008) Current policy available at: http://www.wilderness.net/fs/ This presentation contains excerpts of policy only.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 2320.2 - Objectives 1. Maintain and perpetuate the enduring resource of wilderness as one of the multiple uses of National Forest System land.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 2320.3 - Policy 1. Where there are alternatives among management decisions, wilderness values shall dominate over all other considerations except where limited by the Wilderness Act, subsequent legislation, or regulations. 2. Manage the use of other resources in wilderness in a manner compatible with wilderness resource management objectives.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 3. In wildernesses where the establishing legislation permits resource uses and activities that are nonconforming exceptions to the definition of wilderness as described in the Wilderness Act, manage these nonconforming uses and activities in such a manner as to minimize their effect on the wilderness resource.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 4. Cease uses and activities and remove existing structures not essential to the administration, protection, or management of wilderness for wilderness purposes or not provided for in the establishing legislation.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 5. Do not maintain buffer strips of undeveloped wild land to provide an informal extension of wilderness. Because wilderness does not exist in a vacuum, consider activities on both sides of wilderness boundaries during planning and articulate management goals and the blending of diverse resources in forest plans.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 7. Use interdisciplinary skills in planning for wilderness use and administration. 8. Gather necessary information and carry out research programs in a manner that is compatible with the preservation of the wilderness environment. 9. Acquire non-Federal lands located within wilderness and within areas recommended as wilderness.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 10. Inform wilderness visitors that they face inherent risks of adverse weather conditions, isolation, physical hazards, and lack of rapid communications, and that search and rescue may not be as rapid as expected in an urban setting in all publications and personal contacts.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 2320.6 - The Wilderness Management Model and the Wilderness Act Because uses and values on each area vary, management and administration must be tailored to each area. Even so, all wilderness areas are part of one National Wilderness Preservation System and their management must be consistent with the Wilderness Act and their establishing legislation.
Wilderness Management Policy FSM 2320 2320.6 - The Wilderness Management Model and the Wilderness Act Where a choice must be made between wilderness values and visitor or any other activity, preserving the wilderness resource [character] is the overriding value. Economy, convenience, commercial value, and comfort are not standards of management or use of wilderness.
Forest Service Wilderness Management Policy Chiricahua Wilderness Questions and Comments ? FSM 2320 Policy available at: http://www.wilderness.net/fs/
