Protected area managed by the US Bureau of Land Management
Double rainbow at San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area , ArizonaNational 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
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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