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.
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
- ^ "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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