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Show • ' - -jT*' With respect to lands administered by BLM and the Forest Service, we recommend that: (1) authorized uses be clarified; (2) statutory multiple use authority be provided to manage unreserved public domain lands for a variety of uses; and (3) a formal system of classifying for dominant uses, keyed to the highest and best uses of particular areas, be provided. The Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act of 1960 20 and the Classification and Multiple Use Act of 1964 21 specify a number of uses that can be made of the national forests and the unreserved public domain lands administered by BLM, respectively. The 1960 Act for the national forests specifies outdoor recreation, range, timber, watershed, and wildlife and fish. This act was for renewable resources but was not to affect the use or administration of mineral resources, and wilderness areas were defined in the act as consistent with its purposes. The 1964 Act for the unreserved public domain named industrial development, mineral production, occupancy, and wilderness preservation in addition to the list in the 1960 Act. The Commission recommends that authority for management of both classes of land should include all renewable and nonrenewable resources and uses, including but not limited to those specified in the 1964 Act. In this connection, the Commission also believes that management must be responsive to changing demands on the public lands and not arbitrarily exclude some uses. Outdoor recreation use of the Provisions for multiple-use of the public lands should be strengthened in the statutes by providing guidelines for their administration. 20 n. 4, supra. 21 n. 5, supra. 50 |