• canyon. It is designated both as the Irish Canyon Natural Area and the Irish Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern. Designated as a natural area...
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    Hurricane Canyon Natural Area in Pike National Forest Indian Spring Natural Area Indian Springs Trace Fossil Locality Irish Canyon Natural Area Jimmy Creek...
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    Natural Areas are: Aiken Canyon Natural Area Antero-Salt Creek Natural Area Arikaree River Natural Area Badger Wash Natural Area Blacks Gulch Natural...
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  • Forest Service. It was designated a natural area in 1980. The Colorado Natural Area includes Narraguinnep Canyon, which is located within Dolores Ranger District...
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    the canyon, but the canyon continues upstream into Curecanti National Recreation Area and downstream into Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area. The...
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    Whittard Canyon is a submarine canyon off the coast of southwest Ireland that lies between Celtic Sea and Atlantic Ocean. It covers an area of 2,000 square...
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    Canyons of the Ancients National Monument is a national monument protecting an archaeologically significant landscape located in the southwestern region...
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  • canyons and gorges includes both land and submarine canyons with the land canyons being sorted by continent and then by country. Blyde River Canyon,...
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  • The area is also adjacent to the Hell Canyon Natural Area in the Indian Peaks wilderness. List of Colorado Natural Areas "Colorado Natural Areas Program"...
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    seat is Caldwell, and its largest city is Nampa. Canyon County is part of the Boise metropolitan area. Hudson's Bay Company established Fort Boise in 1834...
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  • Thumbnail for Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area
    The Black Rock Desert–High Rock Canyon Emigrant Trails National Conservation Area is the federal land in northwestern Nevada, under the Bureau of Land...
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    Eagle – 4,200 acres (17.00 km2) Indian Creek – 2,300 acres (9.31 km2) Irish Canyon – 11,680 acres (47.27 km2) Juanita Arch – 1,600 acres (6.47 km2) Kremmling...
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    Castlewood Canyon State Park is a Colorado state park near Franktown, Colorado. The park retains a unique part of Colorado's history, the remains of Castlewood...
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    revealed a list of the "New Seven Wonders", both natural and human-made, as chosen by six judges. The Grand Canyon was added as an eighth wonder on November...
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    Aiken canyon is owned by Fort Carson and the remaining west side is owned by the Bureau of Land Management. Aiken Canyon is one of the state's Natural Areas...
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    Needle Rock Natural Area is located at the western edge of the West Elk Mountains of Colorado. The surrounding terrain is characterized by laccolithic...
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    The park is part of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area. Runyon Canyon Park was purchased in 1984 from its last private owners, Adad Development...
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    Junction, Colorado. Sheer-walled canyons cut deep into sandstone and granite–gneiss–schist rock formations. This is an area of desert land high on the Colorado...
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    Coconino County comprises the Flagstaff metropolitan statistical area, Grand Canyon National Park, the federally recognized Havasupai Nation, and parts...
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    February 2, 2011. Roxborough State Park is a designated Colorado Natural Area and National Natural Landmark for its 300-million-year-old red sandstone Fountain...
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    now being operated as part of the South Republican River State Wildlife Area. More than 300 different species of birds were seen in the park, including...
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    Alberta. It takes its name from Horseshoe Canyon, an area of badlands near Drumheller. The Horseshoe Canyon Formation is part of the Edmonton Group. In its...
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    used natural amphitheatres for the public performance of music in Pre-Columbian times including a large constructed performance space in Chaco Canyon, New...
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  • within the recreation area. About 200,000 acres (81,000 ha) of the recreation area are managed separately under the Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument...
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    who trapped beaver in the area in the late 1820s with a partner in the firm of Smith, Jackson & Sublette. Jackson, of Irish and Scottish descent, was...
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    and plunge pools. Rattlesnake Canyon contains the second largest concentration of natural arches in the country. Mee Canyon is even more remote, and contains...
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    Pawnee National Grassland (category Protected areas of Weld County, Colorado)
    woodlands are found on the north-facing cliff edges and rocky areas. They are in the narrow canyons draining northwards, providing water, and protection against...
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    Natural Areas Program as the Chalk Bluffs Natural Area. The bluffs are adjacent to the Cedar Creek Wind Farm. Parks.state.co.us: Chalk Bluffs Natural...
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    The Diamond (Longs Peak) (category Climbing areas of Colorado)
    Forest State Forest 307 State Wildlife Areas List of Colorado state wildlife areas 96 State Natural Areas Aiken Canyon Antero-Salt Creek Arikaree River Badger Wash...
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    Garden of the Gods (category Natural history of Colorado)
    862 acres (3.49 km2) of the park was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1971. The area now known as Garden of the Gods was first called Red Rock...
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