Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area Dedicated as Newest Addition to BLM's National Landscape Conservation System

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar dedicated the Bureau of Land Management's newest national conservation area, the 210,000-acre Dominguez-Escalante National Conservation Area spanning three counties in western Colorado on Wednesday August 12. The Dominguez-Escalante NCA is the newest addition to BLM's National Landscape Conservation System. The NLCS highlights some of the West's most spectacular public lands. In 2000, the NLCS was created to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant landscapes recognized for their cultural, ecological and scientific values.