Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area

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]

Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)
Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
Map of the United States
Location	Washington County, Utah, United States
Nearest city	St. George, Utah
Coordinates	37.054°N 113.982°W / 37.054; -113.982
Area	63,500 acres (257 km2)
Established	2009
Governing body	Bureau of Land Management
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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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  Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area Signboard
• Driving in The Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
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  BLM Sign Detail
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  Representative landscape of the Beaver Dam Wash NCA
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  Eastern Joshua Tree (Yucca jaegeriana) at Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
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  Representative landscape of the Joshua Tree National Natural Monument
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  Typical Landscape at the Joshua National Natural Monument
• Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Area
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  Woodbury desert study area sign
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  Mojave Desert Joshua Tree Road Sign