[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR6302.16]

[Page 897]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 6300--Management of Designated Wilderness Areas--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart 6302--Use of Wilderness Areas, Prohibited Acts, and Penalties
 
Sec. 6302.16  When and how may I gather scientific information about resources in BLM wilderness?

    (a) You may conduct research, including gathering information and 
collecting natural or cultural resources in wilderness areas, using 
methods that may cause greater impacts on the wilderness environment 
than allowed under Sec. 6302.15(a), if--
    (1) Similar research opportunities are not reasonably available 
outside wilderness;
    (2) You carry out your proposed activity in a manner compatible with 
the preservation of the wilderness environment and conforming to the 
applicable management plan;
    (3) Any ground disturbance or removal of material is the minimum 
necessary for the scientific purposes of the research; and
    (4) You have an authorization from BLM.
    (b) You must reclaim disturbed areas, and BLM may require you to 
post a bond.