National Conservation Area


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 under the National [Conservation Lands].
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 nineteen National Conservation Areas within the National Conservation Lands, they are:
Conservation AreaBLM AcresState
Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area68,083Utah
Black Rock Desert – High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area799,165Nevada
Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area209,610Colorado
El Malpais National Conservation Area339,100New Mexico
Fort Stanton - Snowy River Cave National Conservation Area24,950New Mexico
Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area21,767Arizona
Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area62,844Colorado
John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area29,868Utah
King Range National Conservation Area57,288California
Las Cienegas National Conservation Area35,280Arizona
McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area122,300Colorado
Numanaa Nobe National Conservation Area160,223Nevada
Pistone-Black Mountain National Conservation Area3,415Nevada
Red Cliffs National Conservation Area44,725Utah
Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area195,819Nevada
San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area55,495Arizona
Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area48,438Nevada
Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area484,034Idaho
Steese National Conservation Area1,208,624Alaska