Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey NCA website Crags and crevices, the deep canyon of the Snake River, thermal updrafts, and a broad plateau rich in small wildlife, provide habitat for the greatest concentration of nesting birds of prey in North America. The Snake River Birds of Prey NCA was established by Congress in 1993 to recognize and perpetuate the area's wildlife values.  The NCA is part of the BLM National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS).  It encompasses 485,000 acres of public land along 81 miles of the Snake River in southwestern Idaho.  BLM's mission is to preserve this remarkable wildlife habitat while providing for other compatible uses of the land. Our aim is to manage the area so that birds of prey flourish here, as they have for thousands of years, so that future generations will be able to experience and enjoy this special area. The Omnibus Public Lands Management Act of 2009 officially added the name of conservationist Morley Nelson to the NCA, in honor of Nelson's work on behalf of birds of prey and the habitats protected in the NCA.

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