User Amenities
No
facilities or improvements will be provided for the comfort and
convenience of the visitor (46 FR 185, lll.A.2). Facilities for the
convenience of the visitor are not compatible with preservation of
wilderness character and therefore will not be provided in wilderness
areas (46 FR 185, ll.B.4). Existing improvements or facilities not
specifically permitted in the regulations will be removed. 46 FR 185,
III.A.2
Existing trails and trail
systems will be evaluated to determine if they are the minimum necessary
to meet wilderness management objectives. Trails may be closed as a
result of the evaluation. No trail will be more than two feet in width.
46 FR 185, lll.A.2.a.(2)
Bridges
will be provided only when no other route or crossing is reasonably
available. 46 FR 185, lll.A.2.a.(4).(a)
Signs will not be placed within the wilderness
for the convenience of the user. Informational
or interpretive signs will not be used to mark streams, lakes, mountain
peaks, passes or points or interest. 46 FR 185, lll.A.2
Camping will be regulated as follows (46 FR 185,
lll.A.2.c.):
Contests,
such as tests of physical endurance, foot races, canoe or boat races,
competitive trail rides, survival tests, etc., shall not be permitted in
wilderness areas. 46 FR 185, lll.A.4
Timber
and Firewood
Trees,
shrubs, and other vegetative products will not be sold or cut for
non-wilderness purposes (46 FR 185, III.C.I). If campsites or cooking
fires are permitted, fuel wood cutting will be limited to dead and down
material 46 FR 185, II.B.l.a.
Hunting, Fishing and Trapping
Hunting, fishing and trapping may be regulated or
discontinued if found to be inconsistent with preservation of an area's
wilderness character. 46 FR 185, II.B.l.a
Habitat
manipulation is only allowed to enhance wilderness values, and not to
optimize habitat needs of any single wildlife species. Prescribed
burning will not be permitted to improve wildlife utilization. 16 Fn f
85, 111.D.2
Fish-stocking of streams may de limited if likely to
increase visitor usage. 46 FR 185, lll.D.4
Commercial trapping will not be permitted. 48 FR
185, 111.0.5
Grazing
Stock grazing may be restricted to achieve wilderness
visitor management. 46 FR 105, 111.A.l.b.(6)
Permits
for livestock operations will be issued only in areas where grazing was
established at the time the wilderness was designated. 46 FR 185,
III.A.l.b.(6)
Livestock
numbers or animal unit months (AUMs) may be limited if shown to have an
adverse impact on wilderness values such as plant communities, primitive
recreation, and wildlife populations. House Report 96-1126 as cited in
46 Fn 185, 111.1-1.1
Mining
Subject
to valid rights existing as of December 31, 1903, wilderness lands are
withdrawn from all forms of appropriation under the mining laws. 46 Fn
185, 111.1.1
Cultural
and Natural Resource Management
Archeological
and historical sites will be subject to the forces or nature. Such sites
will not be excavated, stabilized or improved for interpretation. Sites
or structures not qualified for the National Register of Historic Places
may be removed or obliterated. 46 FR 135, 111.8
Reforestation,
in the absence of natural vegetation, will generally be prohibited.
46 FR 185, lll.C.4
Insect
and disease outbreaks will not be artificially controlled (16 FR 185,
111.8.2).
Fire,
insects, and disease will be allowed to play a natural role in
wilderness ecosystems. 16 Fn 185·, II.B.la
Rodents shall be exempt from control programs. 16 FR
185, 111.D.6
No
tools, equipment, or structures will be used where their purpose may be
achieved without such items or with items less obtrusive to the
wilderness character. 46 FR 185, 11.8.3
General
Prohibitions
The following is prohibited in wilderness (43 CFR
8560, 1-2):
