Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area (Utah)

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Name (Latin)
Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area (Utah)
Coordinates
-113.982 -113.982 37.054 37.054 (gooearth )
See Also From tracing topical name
National parks and reserves Utah
Natural resources conservation areas Utah
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Other Identifiers

Wikidata: Q4878070
Library of congress: sh2015002551
Sources of Information
  • Work cat: 2014496901: Draft resource management plans-- Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area, Red Cliffs National Conservation Area, 2015:p. iii (located in Washington County, Utah)
  • U.S. Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Website, viewed Oct. 22, 2015(Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area; estab. in 2009; approx. 63,500 acres; located in the southwestern corner of Washington County, Utah)

Wikipedia description:

The Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area is a 63,500-acre (257 km2) United States National Conservation Area located in southwest Utah west of St. George along the borders with Arizona and Nevada. It is managed by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, and was authorized in the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009. The Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area (NCA) is drained by Beaver Dam Wash in the watershed of the Virgin River, a tributary of the Colorado River. The NCA provides habitat for the desert tortoise, bighorn sheep, Joshua trees, and other threatened and sensitive species.

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