protected area designation in the United States

A protected area designation in the United States is an official legal or administrative status applied to lands and waters to conserve natural, cultural, or recreational resources by regulating their use and development.

Observed surface forms (18)

• conservation designation ×2
• federally designated wilderness ×2
• landscape conservation designation ×2
• United States federal land designation ×1
• United States federal protected areas ×1
• United States national preserve ×1
• United States protected area designation ×1
• conservation easement lands ×1
• federal land management category ×1
• land conservation mechanism ×1

• land management designation ×1
• national seashore enabling act ×1
• national wildlife refuge complex ×1
• protected areas ×1
• public land designation ×1
• type of United States protected area ×1
• wilderness protection system ×1
• wildlife habitat conservation area ×1

Instances (18)

• U.S. National Memorial
• Cape Cod National Seashore Act via concept surface "national seashore enabling act"
• Desolation Wilderness (part) via concept surface "federally designated wilderness"
  surface form: Desolation Wilderness
• Three Sisters Wilderness via concept surface "federally designated wilderness"
• Important Bird Area via concept surface "conservation designation"
• United States Caribbean Islands National Wildlife Refuge Complex via concept surface "national wildlife refuge complex"
• U.S. National Forest via concept surface "land management designation"
• Bering Land Bridge via concept surface "United States national preserve"
  surface form: Bering Land Bridge National Preserve
• New York State Multiple Use Areas via concept surface "public land designation"
• New York State Conservation Easement lands via concept surface "conservation easement lands"
• National Scenic Area via concept surface "landscape conservation designation"
• New York State Wildlife Management Areas via concept surface "wildlife habitat conservation area"
• Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty via concept surface "landscape conservation designation"
• National Wilderness Preservation System via concept surface "wilderness protection system"
• National Seashores via concept surface "United States protected area designation"
• National Recreation Areas via concept surface "United States federal land designation"
  surface form: National Recreation Area
• National Preserves via concept surface "type of United States protected area"
  surface form: National preserve
• U.S. Pacific national monuments via concept surface "conservation designation"