National_Conservation_Area

National Conservation Area

National Conservation Area

Protected area managed by the US Bureau of Land Management


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.

Double rainbow at San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area, Arizona

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:


References

  1. "Text - S.47 - 116th Congress (2019-2020): John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act". www.congress.gov. 2019-03-12. Retrieved 2019-03-14.

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