The BLM's National Landscape Conservation System (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. NLCS areas are congressionally or presidentially designated and include: national monuments, national conservation areas, national scenic and historic trails, wild and scenic rivers, wilderness areas, and wilderness study areas. Additionally, the NLCS includes other landscapes known as congressionally designated management areas.
Colorado's NLCS units encompass more than one million acres—that is 1/8 of all the BLM land in the state. You can find national monuments, national conservation areas, national scenic and historic trails, wilderness and wilderness study areas in Colorado's NLCS.
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