Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area

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Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
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Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
Map showing the location of Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
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Location Washington County, Utah, USA
Nearest city St. George, Utah
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Area 63,500 acres (257 km2)
Established 2009
Governing body Bureau of Land Management
Official website

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.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3] The NCA provides habitat for the desert tortoise, bighorn sheep, Joshua trees, and other threatened and sensitive species.

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 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Bureau of Land Management.

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