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