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Formerly published as BDY_NOC_NLCSWildernessStudyAreas_PUB_24K_POLY
Polygon features depicting the NLCS Wilderness Study Areas. These polygons include inholdings that are not actually part of the Wilderness Study Areas. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directed the Bureau to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. To be designated as a Wilderness Study Area, an area had to have the following characteristics: Size - roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public lands or of a manageable size; Naturalness - generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature; Opportunities - provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation. In addition, Wilderness Study Areas often have special qualities such as ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific and scenic values. Notes: On March 30, 2009 President Obama signed the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Bill, which created six new BLM wilderness in Owyhee County and also released many WSAs from WSA status. One August 7, 2015 President Obama signed HR 1138, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, creating the Hemingway Boulders, Whiteclouds, and Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness areas. This released several areas from WSA Status. |
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Formerly published as BDY_NOC_NLCSWildernessStudyAreas_PUB_24K_POLY
Polygon features depicting the NLCS Wilderness Study Areas. These polygons include inholdings that are not actually part of the Wilderness Study Areas. The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 directed the Bureau to inventory and study its roadless areas for wilderness characteristics. To be designated as a Wilderness Study Area, an area had to have the following characteristics: Size - roadless areas of at least 5,000 acres of public lands or of a manageable size; Naturalness - generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature; Opportunities - provides outstanding opportunities for solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation. In addition, Wilderness Study Areas often have special qualities such as ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific and scenic values. Notes: On March 30, 2009 President Obama signed the 2009 Omnibus Public Land Management Bill, which created six new BLM wilderness in Owyhee County and also released many WSAs from WSA status. One August 7, 2015 President Obama signed HR 1138, the Sawtooth National Recreation Area and Jerry Peak Wilderness Additions Act, creating the Hemingway Boulders, Whiteclouds, and Jim McClure-Jerry Peak Wilderness areas. This released several areas from WSA Status. |
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Bureau of Land Management, Idaho State Office |
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The Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA) mandated by the Secretary of Interior to report to the President on the wilderness suitability of lands managed by the Bureau of land Management (BLM) by October 21, 1991. This report is the result of a comprehensive study of public lands in Idaho by the Bureau of Land Management regarding the suitability of these lands for wilderness designation. Summary, from the Idaho Wilderness Study Report dated 1991.
For more information contact us at blm_id_stateoffice@blm.gov. |
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These data are provided by Bureau of Land Management (BLM) 'as is' and might contain errors or omissions. The User assumes the entire risk associated with its use of these data and bears all responsibility in determining whether these data are fit for the User's intended use. The information contained in these data is dynamic and may change over time. The data are not better than the sources from which they were derived, and both scale and accuracy may vary across the data set. These data might not have the accuracy, resolution, completeness, timeliness, or other characteristics appropriate for applications that potential users of the data may contemplate. The User is encouraged to carefully consider the content of the metadata file associated with these data. These data are neither legal documents nor land surveys, and must not be used as such. Official records may be referenced at most BLM offices. Please report any errors in the data to the BLM office from which it was obtained. The BLM should be cited as the data source in any products derived from these data. Any Users wishing to modify the data should describe the types of modifications they have performed. The User should not misrepresent the data, nor imply that changes made were approved or endorsed by BLM. This data may be updated by the BLM without notification. |
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["BLM","boundaries","Bureau of Land Management","Idaho","National Landscape Conservation System","NLCS","planningCadastre","Special Management Area","Wilderness","Wilderness Study Area","WSA"] |
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