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Show Period changed Wilderness Management Policy, the guidelines are open for public comment .until April 1. Additional copies of both documents are available from all BLM offices in Utah. They also can be obtained by writing to BLM, Public Affairs, Room 1500, 136 East South Temple, Salt Lake City, Utah 84111. Written comments on the proposals are to be sent to the Director (430), Bureau of Land Management. The Bureau of Land Management has extended ex-tended until April 2 the comment period on proposed guidelines for the study phase of the wilderness review program on public lands. The original deadline was March 3, but an extra 30 days was added to allow the public more time to review and comment on the important im-portant guidelines. The procedures proposed will be used to study areas identified as wilderness study areas and develop recommendations to Congress on whether the areas should or should not become part of the National Wilderness Preservation System. The Bureau has also recently proposed guidelines governing how areas . officially designated by Congress as wilderness will be managed. Called the |