Nearest city St. George, Utah Area 257 km² Management Bureau of Land Management | Address Utah, USA Established 2009 | |
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Location Washington County, Utah, United States Governing body Bureau of Land Management Similar Gunlock State Park, Red Cliffs Desert Reserve, Beaver Dam State Park, Virgin River Canyon, Joshua Tree National | ||
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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