National Landscape Conservation System

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The National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) is a network of protected areas in the United States. The NLCS comprises all of the sites of special conservation status on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior. The system includes more than 800 individual units on 26 million acres (105,000 km²). The sites carry a variety of specific designations, including:

[edit] List of NLCS sites

[edit] National monuments

15 sites, total 4,806,947 acres (19,453 km²)

Monument State
Agua Fria Arizona
California Coastal California
Canyons of the Ancients Colorado
Carrizo Plain California
Cascade-Siskiyou Oregon
Craters of the Moon Idaho
Grand Canyon-Parashant Arizona
Grand Staircase-Escalante Utah
Ironwood Forest Arizona
Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks New Mexico
Pompeys Pillar Montana
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains California
Sonoran Desert Arizona
Upper Missouri River Breaks Montana
Vermilion Cliffs Arizona

[edit] National conservation areas

13 sites, total 14,101,234 acres (62,354 km²)

Conservation Area State
Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails Nevada
California Desert California
El Malpais New Mexico
Gila Box Riparian Arizona
Gunnison Gorge Colorado
King Range California
Las Cienegas Arizona
McInnis Canyons Colorado
Red Rock Canyon Nevada
San Pedro Riparian Arizona
Sloan Canyon Nevada
Snake River Birds of Prey Idaho
Steese Alaska

[edit] Wilderness areas

See also: National Wilderness Preservation System

177 sites, total 7,327,632 acres (2,965,452 ha)

Wilderness area State BLM acreage ha
Aravaipa Canyon Arizona 19,700 8,000
Argus Range California 61,995 25,100
Arrastra Mountain Arizona 129,800 52,500
Arrow Canyon Nevada 27,530 11,100
Aubrey Peak Arizona 15,400 6,200
Baboquivari Peak Arizona 2,040 800
Beaver Dam Mountains Arizona 15,000 6,100
Beaver Dam Mountains Utah 2,600 1,100
Big Horn Mountains Arizona 21,000 8,500
Big Maria Mountains California 45,367 18,400
Big Rocks Nevada 12,997 5,300
Bigelow Cholla Garden California 13,548 5,500
Bighorn Mountain California 26,573 10,800
Bisti/De-Na-Zin New Mexico 38,381 15,500
Black Mountain California 20,537 8,300
Black Ridge Canyons Colorado 70,319 28,500
Black Ridge Canyons Utah 5,120 2,100
Black Rock Desert Nevada 314,829 127,400
Bright Star California 8,190 3,300
Bristol Mountains California 70,026 28,300
Cadiz Dunes California 19,308 7,800
Calico Mountains Nevada 64,984 26,300
Carrizo Gorge California 14,735 6,000
Cebolla New Mexico 61,500 24,900
Cedar Mountain Utah 101,400 41,000
Chemehuevi Mountains California 85,801 34,700
Chimney Peak California 13,105 5,300
Chuckwalla Mountains California 86,527 35,000
Cleghorn Lakes California 33,475 13,500
Clipper Mountain California 33,905 13,700
Clover Mountains Nevada 85,748 34,700
Coso Range California 49,274 19,900
Cottonwood Point Arizona 6,860 2,800
Coyote Mountains Arizona 5,100 2,100
Coyote Mountains California 18,622 7,500
Darwin Falls California 8,176 3,300
Dead Mountains California 46,822 18,900
Delamar Mountains Nevada 111,328 45,100
Domeland California 39,273 15,900
Dos Cabezas Mountains Arizona 11,700 4,700
Eagletail Mountains Arizona 97,880 39,600
East Cactus Plain Arizona 14,630 5,900
East Fork High Rock Canyon Nevada 52,617 21,300
El Dorado Nevada 5,700 2,300
El Paso Mountains California 23,659 9,600
Far South Egans Nevada 36,384 14,700
Fish Creek Mountains California 21,425 8,700
Fishhooks Arizona 10,500 4,200
Fortification Range Nevada 30,656 12,400
Frank Church-River of No Return Idaho 802 300
Funeral Mountains California 25,696 10,400
Gibraltar Mountain Arizona 18,790 7,600
Golden Valley California 36,464 14,800
Grand Wash Cliffs Arizona 37,030 15,000
Grass Valley California 30,048 12,200
Gunnison Gorge Colorado 17,700 7,200
Harcuvar Mountains Arizona 25,050 10,100
Harquahala Mountains Arizona 22,880 9,300
Hassayampa River Canyon Arizona 12,300 5,000
Hells Canyon Arizona 9,311 3,800
Hells Canyon Oregon 1,038 400
High Rock Canyon Nevada 46,464 18,800
High Rock Lake Nevada 59,094 23,900
Hollow Hills California 22,037 8,900
Hummingbird Springs Arizona 31,200 12,600
Ibex California 28,809 11,700
Indian Pass California 32,083 13,000
Inyo Mountains California 124,970 50,600
Ireteba Peaks Nevada 10,446 4,200
Ishi California 240 100
Jacumba California 31,237 12,600
Jumbo Springs Nevada 4,631 1,900
Juniper Dunes Washington 7,140 2,900
Kanab Creek Arizona 6,700 2,700
Kelso Dunes California 144,274 58,400
Kiavah California 40,933 16,600
Kingston Range California 199,525 80,700
La Madre Mountain Nevada 27,879 11,300
Lee Metcalf Montana 6,000 2,400
Lime Canyon Nevada 23,233 9,400
Little Chuckwalla Mountains California 28,019 11,300
Little High Rock Canyon Nevada 48,353 19,600
Little Picacho California 38,182 15,500
Machesna Mountain California 120 0
Malpais Mesa California 32,008 13,000
Manly Peak California 12,889 5,200
Meadow Valley Range Nevada 123,488 50,000
Mecca Hills California 26,314 10,600
Mesquite California 44,877 18,200
Mormon Mountains Nevada 157,938 63,900
Mount Charleston Nevada 2,142 900
Mount Irish Nevada 28,334 11,500
Mount Logan Arizona 14,650 5,900
Mount Moriah Nevada 6,435 2,600
Mount Nutt Arizona 28,080 11,400
Mount Tipton Arizona 31,380 12,700
Mount Trumbull Arizona 7,880 3,200
Mount Wilson Arizona 23,900 9,700
Muddy Mountains Nevada 44,498 18,000
Muggins Mountains Arizona 7,711 3,100
Needle's Eye Arizona 8,760 3,500
New Water Mountains Arizona 24,600 10,000
Newberry Mountains California 20,308 8,200
Nopah Range California 106,579 43,100
North Algodones Dunes California 25,818 10,400
North Black Rock Range Nevada 30,647 12,400
North Jackson Mountains Nevada 23,438 9,500
North Maricopa Mountains Arizona 63,200 25,600
North McCullough Nevada 14,763 6,000
North Mesquite Mountains California 28,943 11,700
North Santa Teresa Arizona 5,800 2,300
Ojito New Mexico 11,298 4,600
Old Woman Mountains California 162,984 66,000
Orocopia Mountains California 46,093 18,700
Otay Mountain California 16,885 6,800
Owens Peak California 73,573 29,800
Pahrump Valley California 74,378 30,100
Pahute Peak Nevada 56,890 23,000
Paiute Arizona 87,900 35,600
Palen/McCoy California 212,982 86,200
Palo Verde Mountains California 29,167 11,800
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Arizona 89,400 36,200
Paria Canyon-Vermilion Cliffs Utah 20,000 8,100
Parsnip Peak Nevada 43,693 17,700
Peloncillo Mountains Arizona 19,440 7,900
Picacho Peak California 8,853 3,600
Piper Mountain California 72,152 29,200
Piute Mountains California 48,044 19,400
Powderhorn Colorado 48,115 19,500
Rainbow Mountain Nevada 20,311 8,200
Rawhide Mountains Arizona 38,470 15,600
Redfield Canyon Arizona 6,600 2,700
Resting Spring Range California 76,280 30,900
Rice Valley California 41,643 16,900
Riverside Mountains California 24,029 9,700
Rodman Mountains California 29,793 12,100
Sacatar Trail California 50,483 20,400
Saddle Peak Hills California 1,528 600
San Gorgonio California 38,507 15,600
Santa Lucia California 1,812 700
Santa Rosa California 56,671 22,900
Sawtooth Mountains California 33,598 13,600
Sheephole Valley California 186,673 75,500
Sierra Estrella Arizona 14,400 5,800
Signal Mountain Arizona 13,350 5,400
South Jackson Mountains Nevada 54,535 22,100
South Maricopa Mountains Arizona 60,100 24,300
South McCullough Nevada 44,245 17,900
South Nopah Range California 17,050 6,900
South Pahroc Range Nevada 25,800 10,400
Spirit Mountain Nevada 605 200
Stateline California 7,012 2,800
Steens Mountain Oregon 170,025 68,800
Stepladder Mountains California 83,527 33,800
Surprise Canyon California 24,373 9,900
Swansea Arizona 16,400 6,600
Sylvania Mountains California 18,677 7,600
Table Rock Oregon 5,500 2,200
Table Top Arizona 34,400 13,900
Tres Alamos Arizona 8,300 3,400
Trigo Mountains Arizona 30,300 12,300
Trilobite California 29,626 12,000
Trinity Alps California 4,471 1,800
Tunnel Spring Nevada 5,371 2,200
Turtle Mountains California 177,174 71,700
Uncompahgre Colorado 3,390 1,400
Upper Burro Creek Arizona 27,440 11,100
Ventana California 723 300
Wabayuma Peak Arizona 38,944 15,800
Warm Springs Arizona 112,400 45,500
Wee Thump Joshua Tree Nevada 6,050 2,400
Weepah Spring Nevada 51,480 20,800
West Malpais New Mexico 39,400 15,900
Whipple Mountains California 76,063 30,800
White Canyon Arizona 5,790 2,300
White Rock Range Nevada 24,413 9,900
Wild Rogue Oregon 10,160 4,100
Woolsey Peak Arizona 64,000 25,900
Worthington Range Nevada 30,664 12,400
Yollo Bolly-Middle Eel California 7,125 2,900

[edit] Wilderness study areas

See also: National Wilderness Preservation System

604 sites, total 15,566,656 acres (62,966 km²)

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  • Aden Lava Flow Wilderness Study Area
  • Little Humboldt River Wilderness Study Area
  • Marble Canyon Wilderness Study Area
  • Massacre Rim Wilderness Study Area
  • Million Hills Wilderness Study Area
  • Morey Peak Wilderness Study Area
  • Mount Grafton Wilderness Study Area
  • Mount Limbo Wilderness Study Area
  • Mount Stirling Wilderness Study Area
  • Mountain Meadow Wilderness Study Area
  • North Fork Little Humboldt Wilderness Study Area
  • Owyhee Canyon Wilderness Study Area
  • Palisade Mesa Wilderness Study Area
  • Park Range Wilderness Study Area
  • Pigeon Spring Wilderness Study Area
  • Pinyon Joshua Transit Wilderness Study Area
  • Pole Creek Wilderness Study Area
  • Poodle Mountain Wilderness Study Area
  • Pueblo Mountains Wilderness Study Area
  • Queer Mountain Wilderness Study Area
  • Rawhide Mountain Wilderness Study Area
  • Red Spring Wilderness Study Area
  • Resting Springs Wilderness Study Area
  • Riordan's Well Wilderness Study Area
  • Roberts Mountain Wilderness Study Area
  • Rough Hills Wilderness Study Area
  • Selenite Mountains Wilderness Study Area
  • Sheldon Contiguous Wilderness Study Area
  • Shoshone Ponds Wilderness Study Area
  • Shoshone Pygmy Sage Wilderness Study Area
  • Silver Peak Range Wilderness Study Area
  • Simpson Park Wilderness Study Area
  • Skedaddle Wilderness Study Area
  • South Egan Range Wilderness Study Area
  • South Fork Owyhee River Wilderness Study Area
  • South Pequop Wilderness Study Area
  • South Reveille Wilderness Study Area
  • Stillwater Range Wilderness Study Area
  • Sunrise Mountain Wilderness Study Area
  • Swamp Cedar Wilderness Study Area
  • The Wall Wilderness Study Area
  • Tobin Range Wilderness Study Area
  • Twin Peaks Wilderness Study Area
  • Virgin Mountain Wilderness Study Area
  • Wall Canyon Wilderness Study Area

[edit] National historic trails

See also: National Trails System

10 sites, total 4,563 miles (7343 km)

[edit] National scenic trails

See also: National Trails System

2 units, total 640 miles (1030 km)

[edit] National wild and scenic rivers

38 sites, total 2,061 miles (3317 km)

See List of National Wild and Scenic Rivers

[edit] Other

Site State BLM acreage ha
Headwaters Forest Reserve California 7,472 3,024
Steens Mountain Cooperative Management and Protection Area Oregon 428,156 173,269
White Mountains National Recreation Area Alaska 998,702 404,160
Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area Oregon 100 40

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