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5 Ariz. J. Envtl. L. & Pol'y 237 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/arijel5 and id is 1 raw text is: THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE WILDERNESS ACT: THE NEXT CHAPTER IN WILDERNESS DESIGNATION, POLITICS, AND MANAGEMENT Martin Nie* and Christopher Barns In commemorating the fiftieth anniversay of the Wilderness Act, we examine what might be the next chapter in wilderness poktics, designation, and management. In Parts I and II of the Article, we review the base of wlderness-eigible lands managed by the U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management. These two parts evaluate inventoried roadless areas, lands with wilderness characteristics, wilderness study areas, and recommended nilderness areas. These are the lands from which future nilderness and other protected land designations may come, and we anaylZe the interim management measures, planning processes, and poktics that determine whether or not these lands will be protected in the future. In Part III, we examine three interrelated factors that will largeyl shape future nilderness poitics: extreme political polarization, the use of collaboration, and increasing demands for the manipulation of wilderness areas. Congressional polarization may push wilderness poitics onto different poiticalpathways, including action y the executive branch aimed at protecting wilderness-ehgible lands. Outside of Congress, collaboration will also continue to shape nilderness poitics in the future, nith questions focused on the scope and degree of compromise in wilderness legislation. There will also be increasing demands to control and manpulate 1ilderness in the future. These three factors nill compicate the poitics surrounding future nilderness designations and influence how these lands are managed in the future. Yet de~pite these challenges, the reasons for adding to the Wilderness Preservation System are stronger in 2014 than the were fi years ago. Director, Bolle Center for People and Forests; Professor, Natural Resources Policy. University of Montana, College of Forestry and Conservation. Missoula, MT. martin.nie@umontana.edu. Wilderness Specialist, Bureau of Land Management National Landscape Conservation System, and BLM Representative, Arthur Carhart National Wilderness Training Center. cvbams@blm.gov. His contribution to this paper should not be taken as an official position of the Department of the Interior or BLM.

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