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Lecture given by Michael Dombeck, acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Opening remarks given by Edwin E. Krumpe, principal scientist for the Wilderness Research Center and professor in the Department of Resource Recreation and Tourism. Introduction by John C. Hendee director of the UI Wilderness Research Center and former dean of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences. The lecture opens with the theme for the past three lectures and how this lecture about the BLM will match that theme as well. The history of the BLM and the Wilderness Act is breifly gone over as well as how their relationship was affected by the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA). Then the current status of the BLM and the FLPMA is given an overview. An inventory of BLM land was taken and the result was 26,000,000 acres were recommended for wilderness designation. That land was managed differently than other BLM lands and designated Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs). Studies were then conducted on these lands, attempting to find out if the area was better suitable for wilderness or nonwilderness uses, the process of how that is answered is further described in the lecture. At the time the lecture was given all studies had been completed and the recommendations from those studies were pending in Congress. During the 1980's time was taken to prepare for these new wilderness areas by creating management policies, borrowing heavily from the other wilderness agencies. Some areas were designated by congress as wilderness in order for the BLM too put these management policies into practice. Vision is cast for the near future of managing these lands, much of that happening in the political realm. A description of the diversity of BLM lands is given based on physical, socio-economic, and institutional and management charactersitics. The lecture ends will a call for the public to take part in caring for wilderness on BLM lands. A list of past lecturers and the titles of their lectures are listed.

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Wilderness Management of Public Lands Administered by the Bureau of Land Management: Past, Present & Future
Creator:
Michael Dombeck
Date Created (ISO Standard):
1995-02-01
Description:
Lecture given by Michael Dombeck, acting Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Opening remarks given by Edwin E. Krumpe, principal scientist for the Wilderness Research Center and professor in the Department of Resource Recreation and Tourism. Introduction by John C. Hendee director of the UI Wilderness Research Center and former dean of the College of Forestry, Wildlife and Range Sciences. The lecture opens with the theme for the past three lectures and how this lecture about the BLM will match that theme as well. The history of the BLM and the Wilderness Act is breifly gone over as well as how their relationship was affected by the Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA). Then the current status of the BLM and the FLPMA is given an overview. An inventory of BLM land was taken and the result was 26,000,000 acres were recommended for wilderness designation. That land was managed differently than other BLM lands and designated Wilderness Study Areas (WSAs). Studies were then conducted on these lands, attempting to find out if the area was better suitable for wilderness or nonwilderness uses, the process of how that is answered is further described in the lecture. At the time the lecture was given all studies had been completed and the recommendations from those studies were pending in Congress. During the 1980's time was taken to prepare for these new wilderness areas by creating management policies, borrowing heavily from the other wilderness agencies. Some areas were designated by congress as wilderness in order for the BLM too put these management policies into practice. Vision is cast for the near future of managing these lands, much of that happening in the political realm. A description of the diversity of BLM lands is given based on physical, socio-economic, and institutional and management charactersitics. The lecture ends will a call for the public to take part in caring for wilderness on BLM lands. A list of past lecturers and the titles of their lectures are listed.
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lectures wilderness areas land management wilderness
Location:
Univeristy of Idaho Moscow, Idaho
Latitude:
46.7293
Longitude:
-117.0125
Publisher:
University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center
Source:
University of Idaho Wilderness Research Center
Source Identifier:
wrdl14
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text
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