Title 16ConservationRelease 119-73

§460ooo–3 Establishment of the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER CXXVI— - LAS CIENEGAS NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA › § 460ooo–3

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Creates the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in Arizona to protect and improve important natural and cultural resources for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations, while allowing livestock grazing and recreation where appropriate. It covers approximately 42,000 acres in Pima and Santa Cruz Counties, as shown on a map dated October 2, 2000. As soon as practicable after December 6, 2000, the Secretary must send Congress a map and legal description. If that conflicts with the October 2, 2000 map, the October 2 map controls; the Secretary may correct clerical errors. Copies will be on file at the Bureau of Land Management Director’s office and the BLM office in Arizona. Any Coronado National Forest lands inside the area become part of the Conservation Area, and the Secretary of Agriculture must revise the forest boundary.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §460ooo–3

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(a)In order to conserve, protect, and enhance for the benefit and enjoyment of present and future generations the unique and nationally important aquatic, wildlife, vegetative, archaeological, paleontological, scientific, cave, cultural, historical, recreational, educational, scenic, rangeland, and riparian resources and values of the public lands described in subsection (b) while allowing livestock grazing and recreation to continue in appropriate areas, there is hereby established the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area in the State of Arizona.
(b)The Conservation Area shall consist of approximately 42,000 acres of public lands in the Arizona counties of Pima and Santa Cruz, as generally depicted on the map entitled “Sonoita Valley Acquisition Planning District and Las Cienegas National Conservation Area” and dated October 2, 2000.
(c)As soon as practicable after December 6, 2000, the Secretary shall submit to Congress a map and legal description of the Conservation Area. In case of a conflict between the map referred to in subsection (b) and the map and legal description submitted by the Secretary, the map referred to in subsection (b) shall control. The map and legal description shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subchapter, except that the Secretary may correct clerical and typographical errors in such map and legal description. Copies of the map and legal description shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, and in the appropriate office of the Bureau of Land Management in Arizona.
(d)Any lands included in the Coronado National Forest that are located within the boundaries of the Conservation Area shall be considered to be a part of the Conservation Area. The Secretary of Agriculture shall revise the boundaries of the Coronado National Forest to reflect the exclusion of such lands from the Coronado National Forest.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 460ooo–3

Title 16Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73