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John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area, Utah
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John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area is located in the heart of dinosaur land. The NCA will protect and enhance significant historic, cultural, natural, scientific, scenic, recreational, archaeological, educational, and wildlife resources on 29,868 acres. The use of motorized vehicles and grazing within the NCA is permitted in accordance with the Vernal Field Office Resource Management Plan (2008) and applicable laws.
On March 12, 2019, Public Law 116-9, the John D. Dingell, Jr. Conservation, Management, and Recreation Act was enacted. The Act will conserve, protect and enhance significant historic, cultural, natural, scientific, scenic, recreational, archaeological, educational, and wildlife resources on 29,868 acres of the John Wesley Powell National Conservation Area. Prior to the completion of the management plan, the use of motorized vehicles within the National Conservation Area shall be permitted in accordance with the applicable BLM resource management plan.
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