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Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area
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The Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area has one of the densest populations of nesting raptors. The National Conservation Area (NCA) is located 35 miles (56 km) south of Boise, Idaho along 81 miles (130 km) of the Snake River, and is managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The NCA covers 484,873 acres (1,962.21 km2). In descending order of land area it is located in Ada, Elmore, Owyhee, and Canyon counties. Section 2301 of the Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009, section 2301 renamed the area as the Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area in recognition of the contributions of Morley Nelson, a raptor expert and advocate and a leading proponent of the original creation of the National Conservation Area. About 14,000 years ago, as…
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Lepidium draba
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“Hoary Cress”, “Whitetop”
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Rhaponticum repens
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“Russian Knapweed”
43
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JAN - DEC
Chondrilla juncea
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“Chondrilla”, “Rush Skeletonweed”
31
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JAN - DEC
Canada Thistle
Cirsium arvense (species),
“Creeping Thistle”, “Lettuce From Hell”, “California Thistle”, “Corn Thistle”, “Cursed Thistle”, “Field Thistle”, “Green Thistle”, “Hard Thistle”, “Perennial Thistle”, “Prickly Thistle”, “Small-Flowered Thistle”, “Way Thistle”
20
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JAN - DEC
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Lepidium latifolium (species),
“Dittander”, “Peppergrass”, “Pepperwort”, “Dittany”, “Tall Whitetop”
12
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JAN - DEC
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Common Side-Blotched Lizard
Uta stansburiana (species),
“Side-Blotched Lizard”
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JAN - DEC
Western Fence Lizard
Sceloporus occidentalis (species),
“Blue-Belly”
2
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JAN - DEC
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Pituophis catenifer (species),
“Henry Snake”, “Coast Gopher Snake”, “Bull Snake”, “Churchill's Bull Snake”, “Oregon Bull Snake”, “Pacific Pine Snake”, “Western Bull Snake”, “Western Gopher Snake”, “Sonoran Gopher Snake”, “Western Pine Snake”, “Blow Snake”, “Yellow Gopher Snake”, “Gophersnake”
1
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JAN - DEC
Western Whiptail
Aspidoscelis tigris (species),
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1
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JAN - DEC
Desert Horned Lizard
Phrynosoma platyrhinos (species)
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Pica hudsonia (species)
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Fulica americana (species)
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JAN - DEC
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Anas platyrhynchos (species),
“Wild Duck”, “Mallard Duck”, “Common Mallard”, “Northern Mallard”
2,973
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JAN - DEC
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Buteo jamaicensis (species),
“Chickenhawk”
2,861
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JAN - DEC
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Oedaleonotus enigma
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JAN - DEC
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“Celery Leaftier”
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Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area
Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area
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