National Landscape Conservation System
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The National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) houses all of the designated special places on land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), an agency of the U.S government. This conservation system consists of more than 800 individual units on 26 million acres (105,000 km²), including U.S. National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, U.S. Wilderness Areas, wilderness study areas, National Wild and Scenic Rivers, National Scenic Trails and National Historic Trails.
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[edit] Partial list of sites in system
[edit] U.S. National Monuments
15 sites, total 4,806,947 acres (19,453 km²)
- Agua Fria National Monument
- California Coastal National Monument
- Canyons of the Ancients National Monument
- Carrizo Plain National Monument
- Cascade-Siskiyou National Monument
- Craters of the Moon National Monument
- Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument
- Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
- Ironwood Forest National Monument
- Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument
- Pompeys Pillar National Monument
- Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument
- Sonoran Desert National Monument
- Upper Missouri River Breaks National Monument
- Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
[edit] National Conservation Areas
14 sites, total 15,407,968 acres (62,354 km²)
- Black Rock Desert-High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trail
- California Desert Conservation Area
- El Malpais National Conservation Area
- Gila Box Riparian National Conservation Area
- Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area
- Headwaters Forest Reserve
- King Range National Conservation Area
- Las Cienegas National Conservation Area
- McInnis Canyons National Conservation Area
- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area
- San Pedro Riparian National Conservation Area
- Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area
- Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area
- Steens Mountain Cooperative Management Protection Area
- Steese National Conservation Area
- White Mountains National Recreation Area
- Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area
[edit] Wilderness areas
161 sites, total 6,515,287 acres (26,366 km²)
See List of U.S. Wilderness Areas
[edit] Wilderness study areas
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
10 sites, total 4,563 miles (7343 km)
- California National Historic Trail
- El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro National Historic Trail
- Iditarod National Historic Trail
- Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail
- Mormon Pioneer National Historic Trail
- Nez Perce National Historic Trail
- Old Spanish National Historic Trail
- Oregon National Historic Trail
- Pony Express National Historic Trail
- Juan Bautista de Anza National Historic Trail
[edit] National Scenic Trails
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] Reference
- National Lanscape Conservation Systerm, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, accessed February 28, 2006
