Protected area managed by the US Bureau of Land Management
Double rainbow at San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area , Arizona National Conservation Area is a designation for certain protected areas in the United States . They are nature conservation areas managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) under the National Landscape Conservation System .
Restrictions vary between these conservation areas, but generally they are not leased or sold under mining laws and motorized vehicle use is restricted, unlike many other BLM areas.
National Conservation Areas [ edit ] There are seventeen National Conservation Areas within the National Landscape Conservation System , they are:
Conservation Area BLM Acres State Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area 68,083 Utah Black Rock Desert – High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area 799,165 Nevada Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area 209,610 Colorado El Malpais National Conservation Area 339,100 New Mexico Fort Stanton – Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area 24,950 New Mexico Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area 21,767 Arizona Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area 62,844 Colorado John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area [1] 29,868 Utah King Range National Conservation Area 57,288 California Las Cienegas National Conservation Area 35,280 Arizona McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area 122,300 Colorado Red Cliffs National Conservation Area 44,725 Utah Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area 195,819 Nevada San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area 55,495 Arizona Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area 48,438 Nevada Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area 484,034 Idaho Steese National Conservation Area 1,208,624 Alaska
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