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  • Secretary Salazar to Dedicate National Conservation Areas in Ivins on Monday
    by Yanavey McCloskey
    Published - 05/06/12 - 08:13 PM | 0 0 comments | 4 4 recommendations | email to a friend | print
    (Photo Tuacahn Amphitheater)
    (Photo Tuacahn Amphitheater)
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    (Ivins, UT) - On Monday, May 7, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Director Bob Abbey will host a dedication ceremony for the Red Cliffs and Beaver Dam Wash National Conservation Areas – welcoming members of the public as well as state, local and tribal officials to highlight the economic benefits of outdoor recreation and locally-supported conservation initiatives for communities in southern Utah.

    The new national conservation areas are part of BLM’s National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS), which contains approximately 27 million acres of the West’s most spectacular landscapes. The ceremony program will also feature a performance by the Shivwitz Band of Paiute youth dancers and a blessing from an Elder from the Shivwitz Band of Paiute.

    The event is free and will be open to the public. The ceremony will take place at the Tuacahn Amphitheater, Monday, May 7, 3:30 p.m in Ivins, Utah, with the stunning Red Mountain Wilderness as a backdrop.

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