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Helena T C Lake o m C C 97 Grave Pk. O E o S B K t N o Juneau t Canyon Ferry R A P 12 designated to conserve, protect, enhance, and manage public lands. C u 8282 ft s IC TIO n 82 93 o . T N o d R A 2524 m o 90 Lake AIL L e w St. Paul I. e r wston Outstanding natural areas are represented with a point symbol. Yello d Bristol r 15 g t Vancouver C 12 87 e i E LEW IL s e r n ra A t IS C TR Cooperative Management and Protection Area (CMPA) Bay t Portland R AN ATIONA ORI n t St. George I. a S Chichagof I. N L HIST i Sandy E 84 D CLARK mbia i 94 The cooperative management and protection area designation was estab- R of u B and Scenic RiverWild ol T e 95 KPilot Knob 89 ik ALEXANDER C AL HIS OR a d Grande Ronde POMPEYS PILLAR S el O ION IC 7135 ft e n h 101 Salmon 11239 ft REGON NAT TRA t n KCrazy Peak NATIONAL MONUMENT lished by Congress to conserve, protect, and manage the long-term ecologi- D A S Wild and Scenic River IL o Wild and Scenic River u a

���2175 m E N L 3426 m n Butte 11230 ft Pompeys Pillar National Monument g i Baranof I. 197 s R A U t Kodiak Island S. Fk. Clackamas WSR KMt. Hood Wallowa 3423 m n cal integrity of special landscapes for future and present generations. L S e u e Wild Interpretive Center o S N u White t . y 84 d T I I e I Wild and o and Scenic River N ARCHIPELAGO s u a Outstanding Natural Area (ONA) l le Clackamas n E a Scenic River n E P A f W and Scenic RiverWild h D John Day a o N o c Wild M C s Billings 90 A A nce s r O r The outstanding natural area designation was established by Congress I K Pri n and Scenic River S e N e T A Salem Fish Creek WSR G f Bozeman E L 26 h S T U A D a f 212 E

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Lake A O m Elkhorn Creek WILDERNESS Deschutes FRANK CHURCH­RIVER o a l L d k 20 Wild and Scenic River t 212 Forest Reserve (FR) I 2010, are part of the NLCS. Each March a sla Wild and HELLS CANYON OF NO RETURN D s nd B I SPRING BASIN Albers Conic Equal­Area Projection Scenic River WILDERNESS WILDERNESS V M w The forest reserve designation was established to protect and help recover ® o e the famed Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race Quartzville Creek WILDERNESS I l P D l K 0 km 150 300 Wild and Scenic River Powder E n Wild o 287 e populations of threatened and endangered species, as well as additional w N 191 Y KGranite Pk. o is held on a portion of the historic trail, and Scenic River d A t e T 12799 ft s r I species that may become listed in the future. 0 mi 150 300 O E Lower Crooked Wild 395 3901 m w commemorating a 1925 sled dog relay k N inoo Baker City E o Ch and Scenic River National Historic A A l Lake Billy l 5 North L e Wilderness (W) – 8,662,214 acres that brought life-saving diphtheria serum 20 Fork Crooked Oregon Trail b 310 S Y Middle Wild and Scenic River Interpretive Center CE ks For Middle Deschutes Crooked N s lar k Areas where the earth and its community of life are essentially from the railhead at Nenana to Nome. Wild and 26 IC C 97 Eugene Wild and 95 T a ne E Scenic River R ho undisturbed. They retain a primeval character, without permanent Scenic River L A r os I rook S a l m o n R i v e r e L o h C e S improvements, and generally appear to have been affected primarily by Mt. Bachelor EBend d South Fork John Day m K k B 9065 Wild and Scenic River h ft OREGON BADLANDS a i the forces of nature. L i L 20 g D 2763 m 15 NA 14 16 WILDERNESS o TIO a R h KCloud Pk. s R NA Yellowstone L.

A E L C IL o Wilderness Study Area (WSA) – 12,790,291 acres I Upper Deschutes M o u n t a i n s t a ER RA 13167 ft A n Borah Z P IC T 90 R Wild and Scenic River S o R n E R r 4013 m alm O e T N ST Roadless areas with wilderness characteristics. Areas are affected Peak i g I 89 n C K v KDiamond Peak H g n 16 I P Y n a e R 12662 ft e 20 n 191 16 y 12197 ft r primarily by the forces of nature, provide outstanding opportunities for r g M O e a e ���3859 m o T O n t t 3718 m 20

287 S N R h R R e 13153 ft I . m U r solitude or primitive and unconfined types of recreation, and may have a g t p E CALIFORNIA COASTAL H q 4009 m e n i i ua G K L n s NATIONAL MONUMENT d O 20 93 g B North Umpqua . A O e Jackson Lake Francs 87 ecological, geological, educational, historical, scientific, or scenic R o BOB WICK, BLM N w N E a Wild and Scenic River G t Peak o O A 97 O I H a r n e y B a s i n B N Boise e P qualities.

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American landscape, it likely lies within the realm values for which they were designated. The system S COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT T CRATERS OF THE W 25 O Owyhee R v 13804 ft 287 A 189 AND PROTECTION AREA NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREAI 26 ���4207 m K i 18 The Bureau of Land Management is one of several agencies respon- C Wild and L MOON NATIONAL i 191 n of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the na- was made permanent by the 2009 Omnibus Public Lake Wildhorse Creek Gannett Pk. d 20 Donner und Blitzen Scenic River 93 26 sible for trail management. 5 Upper Klamath Abert Wild and Scenic River MONUMENT R E Wild and Scenic River LITTLE JACKS CREEK R tion’s largest collection of public lands. An agency Land Management Act. Medford STEENS Big Jacks Creek 26 i National Historic Trails Lake Little Jacks Creek v 101 CASCADE­SISKIYOU MOUNTAIN N. FK. OWYHEE W Wild and Scenic River e 86 Blackfoot Interpretive Center National Scenic Trail (NST) – 668 miles NATIONAL MONUMENT WILDERNESS WSR American e E WILDERNESS Bruneau Wild k Res. r Casper CALIF of the Department of the Interior, the BLM oversees NLCS areas are some of America’s best kept se- SODA MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS N. Fk. Owyhee a Falls Res. R ORN 18 20 Extended trails that provide maximum outdoor recreation potential and and Scenic River Sna IA WSR BIG JACKS CREEK WILDERNESS ke n a /O 199 Kiger Creek POLE S RE promote conservation and enjoyment of the various qualities—scenic, 245 million acres—13 percent of the nation’s land crets, even though many—such as the spectacular Point St. George n G Wild and Red Canyon Deep Creek CREEK Wickahoney Creek E 30 g N O Glendo Res. WSR WSR Twin Falls NATIONAL HIST A N WSR W EG ON OR e weet T / historical, natural, and cultural—of the areas through which they pass. Scenic River Cottonwood Duncan Creek OR IC T S w ter IO M

S S WSR / der Road R a O area. Few realize, however, that more than 10 per- Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area near West Fork Owyhee CALIFORNIA Lan A N R Creek WSR IL L AL M The BLM is one of several agencies responsible for trail management. K h 97 West Fork Bruneau S South H ON lamat Goose Wild and Scenic River Battle Creek WSR a IS OWYHEE RIVER BRUNEAU­JARBIDGE 84 Pass Pathfinder TO PI cent of those lands are a part of the BLM’s National Las Vegas—lie just minutes from major metropoli- WSR R O Lake ff 7526 ft r IC N WILDERNESS Dickshooter RIVERS WILDERNESS o Reservoir EE Wild and Scenic River (WSR) – 2,419 miles Klamath Wild ut 91 2294 m a TR R/PO Creek WSR Jarbidge Wild C ublette Cutoff A NY H th e B S I Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) which tan areas. Others, like Bisti/De-Na-Zin Wilderness in and Scenic River udspe 15 LS E Free-flowing waterways possessing outstandingly remarkable scenic,

T m X EAST FORK HIGH South Fork Owyhee Owyhee and Scenic River PR Wild and 89 287 ES ROCK CANYON Wild and Scenic River Scenic River Great Divide Seminoe Res. i S recreational, geologic, fish and wildlife, historic, cultural, or other celebrated its tenth anniversary in 2010. New Mexico, are extremely remote, offering solitude a 14162 ft Mt. Shasta WILDERNESS NORTH BLACK ROCK Sheep Creek M K r Bear e 4317 m RANGE WILDERNESS Wild and Scenic River similar values. The Bureau of Land Management is one of several

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KING RANGE WILDERNESS Lassen Pk. S u A N Reservoir L e a O s e T m IONA N I O P ROCKS AND KING RANGE K T N k range in size from the 51-acre Pompeys Pillar NLCS areas remain primitive and largely undevel- 10457 ft R b A A f D O f t M c NATIONAL I o NE LIFORN I o R PONY EXPRESS While the BLM has historic connections 3187 m C A Elko A t O a ISLANDS T l I C e CONSERVATION RA d N Cu l 95 R in s c M IL IFO Hast g NATIONAL HISTORIC TRAIL M 83 WILDERNESS t AL California National Historic k B to the wide open spaces of the American National Monument in Montana—which still bears oped; a number of them support traditional activi- AREA C O P a 25 A a 6 EStuart Trail Interpretive Center h 395 80 Salt Lake City 13528 ft R Lake L B r West, it also manages three NLCS areas 81 JUPITER INLET Kings Peak K4123 m 191 70 Baltimore Captain William Clark’s carved signature from the ties such as Native American cultural and religious YOLLA BOLLY­MIDDLE EEL 80 k E Okeechobee t Y LIGHTHOUSE WILDERNESS l 85 SOUTH FORK K R in the East that provide glimpses into L R E e OUTSTANDING Honey Lake I L EEL RIVER WILDERNESS ISHI WILDERNESS Spruce Mt. 10262 ft a t s. Fort Collins t 270 Lewis and Clark expedition—to the vast 1.9-million- uses, hunting and fishing, and livestock grazing. A a M a t NATURAL AREA S t R 3128 m n n a A T a i l American history. P CEDAR MOUNTAIN U g P A C t Annapolis I 34 th B C e Sou N E R a WILDERNESS n A acre Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Wallace Stegner once called such lands “the I Pyramid O a On the Florida coast, the Jupiter Inlet Washington, 95 F F D.C. T e p F L O R e YUKI WILDERNESS I D A I IS ALT 40 Yam l C r 34 Lake H g D CALIFORNIA CR 93 S E L r Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area WASHINGTON­ROCHAMBEAU in Utah, where extraordinary and significant dino- geography of hope.” “We simply need that wild Eel 5 S S G 40 76 E

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CACHE CREEK g Y O 93 I e E PRESS T N BRISTLECONE WILDERNESS g V I R G I N I A B X N A A 385 human habitation, from the early Jeaga B North Fork L HIS IC TOR n er WILDERNESS Lake e i 287 MONUMENT v g date into a single system where conservation is NLCS, where Americans can learn about their past, American Wild a Carson City n e Tahoe n S Indians to Civil War blockade runners. B

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MOUNTAINS P T M 14494 ft D MTS. WILDERNESS VERMILION CLIFFS OLD S O s d M o j a v e POINT W 160 RIC JIM JOHNSTON / LOXAHATCHEE RIVER HISTORICAL SOCIETY G 4418 m WILDERNESS T Agua Fria National Monument, where the tory and place. Remember to respect the s K e PAIUTE VERMILION CLIFFS WILDERNESS R Navajo 84 5 n 163 A t ng a ARROW CANYON 15 WILDERNESS IL Rio Grande Wild

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Prehistoric people of the Perry Mesa land and the sites, many of which are sa- Owens Lake Bed FUNERAL MTS. LA MADRE MOUNTAIN WILDERNESS and Scenic River . 64 R E 64 C MESA W h I a WILDERNESS MOUNT TRUMBULL Z C o l o r a d o WILDERNESS LIME CANYON GRAND CANYON­ Farmington 87 Tradition built ingenious features to col- cred to the descendants of the Ancestral 101 DARWIN 93 WILDERNESS O S Tulare Lake COSO RANGE WILDERNESS FALLS W V RED ROCK CANYON WILDERNESS N a V ­282 ft PARASHANT KANAB CREEK A 550 lect and divert water for their crops. The Pueblo people. Take nothing but pictures, J a Lake U l N N A i Bed SURPRISE CANYON W ­86 m MT. CHARLESTON NATIONAL WILDERNESS A N E A 9808 ft Roof Butte T n l Mead K Wild 412 NATIONAL T Rio Chama 56 E IO B a l RESTING WILDERNESS 160 spectacular Grand Canyon-Parashant and leave no trace to help preserve the PETROGLYPHS IN AGUA FRIA NATIONAL MONUMENT, ARIZONA CONSERVATION I 2989 m 285 A a a n O N s SACATAR TRAIL e C y and Scenic River Yours To Explore BOB WICK, BLM A U SPRING o MUDDY N L MONUMENT d n 491 PIEDRAS BLANCAS T WILDERNESS ARGUS y AREA National Monument, located near the past for others. H IS RANGE MTS. W n A E L IS T RANGE WILDERNESS S. NOPAH a BISTI/DE­NA­ZIN

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In many of and northern spotted owls—two flag- water projects increasingly alter the habitat for some 200 species of neo- these areas BLM staff and local volun- ship species of old growth forests geology and hydrology of our landscape, tropical songbirds that migrate each teers are working hard to restore the land that have suffered from habitat loss. space for wildlife has grown increasingly year to and from Central and South to healthy conditions where native plants Citizens play an important role in scarce. That’s why many areas in the America. Aravaipa Canyon Wilderness Learning from the Land A Legacy of Stewardship and animals can thrive. On the dramatic restoration activities as well. The NLCS were established to protect and is also home to desert bighorn sheep fault block massif of the Steens Mountain Student Conservation Association conserve vital wildlife habitat. and 11 species of bats, while the Gila Many NLCS areas contain world-class other partners closely monitor grazing ef- Aldo Leopold once wrote that a land Mexico, staffing booths, maintaining trails, Cooperative Management and Protection WildCorps has helped obliterate old The rugged cliffs above Idaho’s Snake Box Riparian National Conservation research sites where scientific discover- fects to help protect the Southwest’s best ethic “reflects a conviction of individual and giving cultural tours to student groups Area (CMPA) in southeastern Oregon, roads in California’s Granite Mountain River, for example, provide nesting Area is prime habitat for coatimundis, ies are helping us better understand our remaining desert grasslands. The desert responsibility for the health of the land.” that visit their ancestral homelands. The land exchanges with private ranches have Wilderness and maintain sections of habitat for one of the densest concen- numerous lizards, and a record nine changing world. soils of Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante NLCS areas offer plenty of opportunities Friends of the Missouri Breaks Monument created more than 100,000 acres of con- the Pacific Crest National Scenic trations of breeding raptors in the world. species of native fish, more than New Mexico’s magnificent Fort Stanton National Monument contain one of the to practice that conviction. in Montana have helped restore historic tiguous wilderness, along with the nation’s Trail. Volunteers are helping to restore Each spring about 800 pairs of falcons, any waterway in Arizona. The Cave—part of the Fort Stanton-Snowy most complete fossil records in the Citizen volunteers are critical to the care cabins and build “exclosures” to protect first Redband Trout Reserve to improve the grounds at the Piedras Blancas eagles, hawks, and owls return to the San Pedro Riparian National River Cave National Conservation Area— world, spanning some 260 million years. and maintenance of these sites and to the cottonwood seedlings along riparian stream health and fish habitat. Similarly, Outstanding Natural Area located on 485,000-acre Morley Nelson Snake River Conservation Area is one of provides an undisturbed snapshot of Hundreds of dinosaurs and other fossil educational programs some areas offer. areas—essential to reestablishing the large in northern California’s Headwaters Forest California’s central coast. The area’s Birds of Prey National Conservation the premier birding spots in geologic history. “The cave is like a time species have been found there, allowing Numerous support groups have formed to cottonwood groves that Lewis and Clark Reserve—where the BLM now protects an native coastal vegetation, including Area to mate and raise their young. the nation, frequented by capsule of earlier climate eras,” says Dr. scientists to piece together the events organize such activities at many sites. The saw when they traveled through the area. old growth redwood forest once sched- two sensitive plant species, had been Other such areas include the Cascade- some 350 bird species— Penelope Boston, director of cave and that led up to the complete collapse Friends of the Ironwood Forest, for example, In California, hundreds of volunteer birders uled for harvest—the agency has taken threatened by a massive invasion Siskiyou National Monument in south- roughly half the known karst studies at the New Mexico Insti- of the Mesozoic world, 65 million years hold regular “pulls” to root out stands help the BLM collect critical data on sea- out eroding logging roads and culverts, of iceplant and other nonnative western Oregon, which boasts incredibly breeding species in tute of Mining and Technology. “You can ago. In an ancient New Mexico tidal of buffelgrass—a fast-growing fire-prone bird populations within the California and replanted redwood seedlings to im- plants. Through the continued diverse flora and fauna from the wet North America. essentially peel back the layers of time flat—now Prehistoric Trackways National invasive species that threatens the 129,000- Coastal National Monument, prove water quality in the headwaters efforts of local citizens, the side of the Cascades as well as the dry like pages in a book and read the his- Monument—the movements of ancient acre Ironwood Forest National Monument a collection of more than of the Elk River and Salmon Creek; both iceplant is being removed, Great Basin. More than 200 bird species tory of the climate of the region.” In Las reptiles, amphibians, arthropods, near Tucson, Arizona. Members of the 20,000 small islands, rocks, are spawning grounds for coho and and native species and 100 species of butterflies have been Cienegas National Conservation Area in and sea creatures have been Pueblo de Cochiti are managing partners and exposed reefs that chinook salmon, and steelhead trout. are returning. sighted in the 52,900-acre monument. Arizona, scientists from the BLM and the frozen in the sediments for with the BLM at the Kasha-Katuwe Tent dot the state’s coast from The Headwaters Forest Reserve is also Further south, several NLCS areas Nature Conservancy, local ranchers, and almost 300 million years. Rocks National Monument in central New Mexico to Oregon.

EXPLORING GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH UPPER MISSOURI RIVER BREAKS NATIONAL MONUMENT, MONTANA MONTANA MONUMENT, UPPER MISSOURI RIVER BREAKS NATIONAL BLM CALIFORNIA RESERVE, FOREST HEADWATERS WICK, BLM BOB NELSON SNAKE RIVER BIRDS OF PREY MORLEY AREA, IDAHO CONSERVATION NATIONAL INC. PHOTOGRAPHY, GLENN OAKLEY WILDERNESS, OREGON ROCK TABLE WICK, BLM BOB MANAGEMENT COOPERATIVE MOUNTAIN STEENS AT ROUNDUP CATTLE AREA, OREGON AND PROTECTION WICK, BLM BOB ATTHE CHILDREN PERFORMINGTHE DANCE COCHITI PUEBLO BUFFALO NEW MEXICO MONUMENT, ROCKS NATIONAL KASHA-KATUWETENT BLM JACINTO AND SAN ROSA CHILDREN’S HIKE IN SANTA CALIFORNIA MONUMENT, NATIONAL MOUNTAINS BLM GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE NATIONAL MONUMENT, UTAH UTAH MONUMENT, NATIONAL GRAND STAIRCASE-ESCALANTE BLM HOWIE GARBER / DANITADELIMONT.COM