• What are Lands with Wilderness Characteristics (LWCs)?

• How did we map LWCs?• How did GIS mapping and

analysis help mapping LWCs?• How do you protect LWCs?• Lessons Learned

Photo: Munger Creek, Colorado, by Soren Jespersen

• LWCs may “contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value.”

• Rocky Mountain Wild’s Assessment of Biological Impact (ABI) Screen Tool identifies supplemental values.

• Hundreds of datasets with ranges, habitat areas, occurrences, and important landscapes for over a thousand species.

• Output is a spreadsheet report

• Maps help folks writing reports and comments

Soren Jespersen of The Wilderness Society, left, works with Will Roush of Wilderness Workshop to inventory lands for wilderness characteristics.