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The National Landscape Conservation System
In June 2000, the National Landscape Conservation System - the most innovative American land system created in the last 50 years - was established to encompass the crown jewels of the public lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). This new conservation system consists of more than 26 million acres: National Monuments, National Conservation Areas, Wilderness, Wilderness Study Areas, Wild and Scenic Rivers, and National and Scenic Trails.

View a slideshow of images from the National Landscape Conservation System

Read more about the National Landscape Conservation System or click a link below to visit some of the areas that make up the NLCS.

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National Landscape Conservation System. Click to enlarge.
Map of the National Landscape Conservation System
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The mission of the National Landscape Conservation System is to conserve, protect, and restore these nationally significant landscapes that have outstanding cultural, ecological, and scientific values for the benefit of current and future generations.

- Bureau of Land Management, 2000