Outstanding Natural Area

Sacramento River Bend Outstanding Natural Area, near Red Bluff, California

An Outstanding Natural Area is a protected area designation in the United States. The designations are managed by the Bureau of Land Management within the National Landscape Conservation System. Three ONAs have been designated by Congress, Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station, and Yaquina Head, all of which protect lighthouses and the adjacent land. The others were named by the BLM and have a variety of resources.

Name Location Notes
Devils Garden[1] Garfield County, Utah Wilderness study area,[2] part of the Grand Staircase–Escalante National Monument
Diamond Craters Harney County, Oregon [3]
Ear Mountain 20 miles (32 km) west of Choteau, Montana Four areas[4][5]
Jacumba[6] near Jacumba Hot Springs, Imperial County, California
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse[7] Jupiter, Florida The NLCS's only complete unit east of the Mississippi River[8][9]
Piedras Blancas Historic Light Station[7] near San Simeon, California Part of California Coastal National Monument[10]
Rockwell Juab County, Utah Part of Little Sahara Recreation Area[11][12]
Sacramento River Bend near Red Bluff, California [13]
Valley of the Giants[14] Oregon Coast Range, Polk County, Oregon [15]
Yaquina Head Newport, Oregon [16][17]

References

  1. ^ "Feature Detail Report for: Devils Garden Outstanding Natural Area". geonames.usgs.gov. USGS. 25 February 1989. Archived from the original on 27 May 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  2. ^ "National Landscape Conservation System - Wilderness Study Areas" (PDF). BLM. December 2009. pp. 21, 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2013. Retrieved October 13, 2012.
  3. ^ "Diamond Craters". blm.gov. BLM. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Montana-Dakotas Recreation Activities, Hiking tab". blm.gov. BLM. Archived from the original on 30 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  5. ^ Sarah Cherry (July 14, 2017). "Have you heard? Ear Mountain is absolutely stunning". greatfallstribune.com. Great Falls Tribune, a division of Gannett Company, Inc. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  6. ^ "Jacumba, Imperial - San Diego County Line (PDF map)" (PDF). blm.gov. BLM. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  7. ^ a b The Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008 (Pub. L. 110–229 (text) (PDF), 122 Stat. 754-876, enacted May 8, 2008
  8. ^ "Visit: Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  9. ^ "Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse Outstanding Natural Area". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  10. ^ "Piedras Blancas Light Station". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  11. ^ "Learn: Interpretive Centers: Little Sahara Recreation Area". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  12. ^ "Little Sahara Recreation Area". blm.gov. BLM. Archived from the original on 29 January 2019. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Northwest California Integrated Resource Management Plan". blm.gov. BLM. Archived from the original on 7 February 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2017.
  14. ^ "BLM's Valley of the Giants to be Dedicated as a Heritage Tree Grove" (PDF). blm.gov. BLM. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2017. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Valley of the Giants Outstanding Natural Area". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  16. ^ "Visit: Yaquina Head Outstanding Natural Area". Bureau of Land Management. Retrieved 2021-06-03.
  17. ^ "Yaquina Head". blm.gov. BLM. Archived from the original on 8 January 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2020.
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