[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: 43CFR6305.10]

[Page 901]
 
                    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 6305--Access to State and Private Lands Or Valid Occupancies 
                         Within Wilderness Areas
 
Sec. 6305.10  How will BLM allow access to State and private land within wilderness areas?

                    Access to Non-Federal Inholdings


    (a) If you own land completely surrounded by wilderness, BLM will 
only approve that combination of routes and modes of travel to your land 
that--
    (1) BLM finds existed on the date Congress designated the area 
surrounding the inholding as wilderness, and
    (2) BLM determines will serve the reasonable purposes for which the 
non-Federal lands are held or used and cause the least impact on 
wilderness character.
    (b) If you own land completely surrounded by wilderness, and no 
routes or modes of travel to your land existed on the date Congress 
designated the area surrounding the inholding as wilderness, BLM will 
only approve that combination of routes and non-motorized modes of 
travel to non-Federal inholdings that BLM determines will serve the 
reasonable purposes for which the non-Federal lands are held or used and 
cause the least impact on wilderness character.
    (c) If BLM approves your access route under paragraph (a) or (b) of 
this section, we will authorize it under part 2920 of this chapter.
    (d) BLM will not allow construction of new access routes to State 
and private inholdings in wilderness.
    (e) BLM will not allow improvement of access routes to a condition 
more highly developed than that which existed on the date Congress 
designated the area as wilderness, except such improvements BLM 
determines are necessary to protect wilderness resources from 
degradation.
    (f) If you own land completely surrounded by wilderness and you have 
a valid existing right of access which is greater than the access 
described in paragraph (a) or (b) of this section, BLM may manage such 
access to protect wilderness resources while ensuring your reasonable 
use and enjoyment of the inholding.