Notice2026-11949
Policy Review: BLM Manual 6340, Management of Designated Wilderness Areas
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Published
June 15, 2026
Issuing agencies
Interior DepartmentLand Management Bureau
Abstract
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment on potential updates to BLM Manual 6340--Management of Designated Wilderness Areas and is interested in receiving information and recommendations regarding whether updates, clarifications, or other revisions to existing Manual 6340 may be appropriate.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 114 (Monday, June 15, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35995-35996]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-11949]
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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Bureau of Land Management
[A2407-014-004-065516; #O2509-014-004-125222]
Policy Review: BLM Manual 6340, Management of Designated
Wilderness Areas
AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.
ACTION: Notice of policy and procedural guidance.
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SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is seeking public comment
on potential updates to BLM Manual 6340--Management of Designated
Wilderness Areas and is interested in receiving information and
recommendations regarding whether updates, clarifications, or other
revisions to existing Manual 6340 may be appropriate.
DATES: Send your comments on Manual 6340 on or before August 14, 2026.
The BLM is not obligated to consider comments received after this date.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods.
Please include the words ``Management of Designated Wilderness Areas''
as an identifier in your message.
To submit comments electronically, go to <a href="https://www.regulations.gov">https://www.regulations.gov</a>. In the Search-box, enter Docket number ``BLM-2026-
0067'' and click the ``Search'' button. Click the ``Comment Now!''
button. Comments can also be mailed or hand delivered to: U.S.
Department of the Interior, Director (630), Bureau of Land Management,
1849 C St. NW, Room 5646, Washington, DC 20240, Attention: Management
of Designated Wilderness Areas.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sean MacDougall, BLM Division of
National Conservation Lands, email <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c58789889a8d949af1f4f59a92aca9a1a0b7aba0b6b685878988eb828a93"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3e7c727361766f610a0f0e616957525a5b4c505b4d4d7e7c727310797168">[email protected]</span></a>,
telephone: (970) 256-4934 for additional information.
Individuals in the United States who are deaf, blind, hard of
hearing, or have a speech disability may dial 711 (TTY, TDD, or
TeleBraille) to access telecommunications relay services for contacting
Mr. MacDougall. Individuals outside the United States should use the
relay services offered within their country to make international calls
to the point-of-contact in the United States.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The BLM is seeking public comment on
potential updates to BLM Manual 6340--Management of Designated
Wilderness Areas. The manual provides policy and guidance for managing
BLM lands that have been designated by Congress as part of the National
Wilderness Preservation System. The manual describes BLM's
responsibilities for managing and protecting designated wilderness
areas to preserve wilderness character, including administering public
purposes of recreational, scenic, scientific, educational,
conservation, and historical use in accordance with the Wilderness Act.
Additionally, the manual provides management direction for permitted
uses under section 4(c) to preserve wilderness character, and
requirements under section 4(d) of the Wilderness Act. The BLM is
interested in receiving information and recommendations regarding
whether updates, clarifications, or other revisions to existing Manual
6340 may be appropriate.
If you wish to comment separately on the BLM's proposed
recreational climbing guidance per section 122 of the Expanding Public
Lands Outdoor Recreation Experiences Act (16 U.S.C. 8422), please go to
<a href="http://regulations.gov">regulations.gov</a>, and search for Docket number ``BLM-2026-0034.''
Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information in your comment, you should be
aware that your entire comment--including your personal identifying
information--may be made publicly available at any time. While you can
ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so.
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(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.)
Carla M. Bock,
Acting Assistant Director, National Conservation Lands and Community
Partnerships.
[FR Doc. 2026-11949 Filed 6-12-26; 8:45 am]
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