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Show GUIDELINES FOR WILDERNESS STUDY. PROPOSED Proposed guidelines for studying identified Wilderness Wil-derness Study areas on public pub-lic lands were published in the Federal Register in December. De-cember. This marks the beginning of a 75 day public comment period. Ordinarily 60 days are allowed for public comment, com-ment, however the additional addition-al 15 days are provided in this case so the Federal Register notice can be reprinted re-printed in quantity and made available to interested persons. per-sons. The planning regulations are designed to unsure that actions on the public lands are based on the best available information,sound resource management planning plan-ning and consideration of public opinion. It also provides pro-vides guidelines for data collection, analysis, evaluation, evalu-ation, public involvement and decision making for ' the BLM's identifed Wilderness Wilder-ness Study Areas. |
