50 CFR § 35.1 - 35.14 - The National Wildlife Refuge System - Wilderness Preservation and Management. Country/Territory United States of America Document type Regulation Date 1971 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source 36 Federal Register 25426, 31 December 1971. Long titleTitle 50 - Wildlife and Fisheries - Chapter I - United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Department of the Interior - Subchapter C—The National Wildlife Refuge System - Part 35 Wilderness Preservation and Management (50 CFR- Chapter I - Subchapter C - § 35.1 - 35.14). Subject Land & soil, Wild species & ecosystems Keyword Access right Private land Public land Authorization/permit Data collection/reporting Ecosystem preservation Forest fires Grazing Management/conservation Ownership Pests/diseases Protected area Protection of habitats Protection of species Research Timber Timber extraction/logging Wild fauna Wild flora Geographical area Americas, Arctic, East Pacific, North America, North Atlantic Abstract This Part of Title 50 provides for the establishment and administration of wilderness units under a specific unit of the National Wildlife Refuge System for the purposes of which that individual national wildlife refuge was established. Rules and regulations governing the administration of the National Wildlife Refuge System will apply to wilderness units where said rules and regulations do not conflict with provisions of the Wilderness Act or Act of Congress which establishes the wilderness unit. Furthermore, the regulations in this Part include: minimum requirements for the administration of the area; public uses of a wilderness unit; measures to control wildfires, insects, pest plants, and disease to prevent unacceptable loss of wilderness resources and values, loss of life, and damage to property; forest management and conservation, such as prohibiting commercial harvesting of timber; grazing of livestock within a wilderness unit; controlled burning on wilderness units; research data gathering and similar scientific uses; access to State and private lands; and special regulations for individual wilderness units within the National Wildlife Refuge System. Full text English Website www.govinfo.gov