1. Planning – Factors I. Introduction II. Inventory Procedures III.Planning A. Background to LWCs in Planning B. Factors to Consider When Protecting LWCs C. Placing LWCs in the Land Use Planning Process D. LWCs and Proposed Projects Wilderness Characteristics Guidance for the BLM

2. Considering lands with wilderness characteristics in land use planning: Factors to Consider Planning – Factors Wilderness Characteristics Guidance for the BLM

3. Factor #1 Wilderness Characteristics Review documented inventories referenced in Land Use Plan available to the public Planning – Factors

4. Factor #2 Manageability  Land status inholdings? access? split estate? Planning – Factors

5. Factor #2 Manageability  Land status  External impacts incompatible activities pervasive & omnipresent? Planning – Factors

6. Factor #2 Manageability  Land status  External impacts  Other laws additional statutory requirements?  NPRPA  O&C Lands Act Planning – Factors

7. Factor #2 Manageability  Land status  External impacts  Other laws  Boundary modification? boundary road maintenance buffer? boundary vary by Alternative? Planning – Factors

8. Factor #3 Other Resource Values & Uses  Lost or degraded if LWC protected  Preserved, recovered, or improved if LWC protected Planning – Factors

9. Factor #3 Other Resource Values & Uses  Lost or degraded  Preserved, recovered, or improved presence of other resources development potential compatibility with protection resource availability economic importance  Boundary modification? Planning – Factors

10. Factor #4 recent Congressional action  WSAs released in legislation  no longer managed under the IMP  still have wilderness characteristics (by definition as a WSA)  immediate Congressional intent:  do not preserve WCs on these areas  circumstances may change Planning – Factors

11. Considering lands with wilderness characteristics in land use planning: Factors to Consider Planning – Factors End of Module IIIB Wilderness Characteristics Guidance for the BLM