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Carrizo Plain National Monument is a protected grassland in California's San Joaquin Valley, proclaimed a national monument in 2001 and managed by the Bureau of Land Management. It contains the state's largest remaining contiguous native grassland, along with Soda Lake, seasonal wetlands, and a visi...
Why this score?
California's largest native grassland, celebrated wildflower superblooms, major wildlife value, and dramatic open landscapes generate exceptional public and expert regard.
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The Inscription Canyon Petroglyphs are a rock-art site in California’s Mojave Desert. The site contains a dense group of abstract engravings associated with the Great Basin tradition of Indigenous petroglyph production. The markings were made on exposed rock surfaces by techniques such as pecking or...
Why this score?
Exceptionally dense Mojave engraving concentration with broad motif variety; restricted military access and limited public interpretation reduce recognition.
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Derrick Cave is a basaltic lava tube located in the remote Christmas Valley region of Lake County, Oregon, within the Devils Garden lava field. The cave extends for roughly 1,200 feet and features a wide, easily navigable main passage with multiple skylights caused by ceiling collapses. Managed by t...
Redmond Cave is a prominent lava tube located in Oregon's Deschutes County, historically used by Native Americans and later for recreation.
Hickison Summit Petroglyph Recreation Area is a Bureau of Land Management cultural site in central Nevada, located along U.S. Highway 50 about 24 miles east of Austin. Its rock art consists of images and designs carved into exposed rock by Indigenous peoples, and a short interpretive trail provides...
Why this score?
Well-preserved, accessible Great Basin panels with unusual techniques; relatively small scale and modest international recognition.
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Fish Slough Petroglyphs is an archaeological rock-art site on Bureau of Land Management land in California's Volcanic Tablelands, north of Bishop. The site lies in a landscape formed from Bishop Tuff near Fish Slough, an area where Great Basin and Northern Mojave ecological influences meet. Visitors...
Why this score?
Valuable local Great Basin record in a sensitive wetland setting; modest corpus, exposure, and limited scholarship constrain standing.
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Lions Cave is a recognized lava tube in Oregon's Deschutes National Forest, noted by speleologists for its distinct volcanic passages.
Cave Next Door is a surveyed lava tube in Oregon's Deschutes National Forest, notable as a secondary feature within its volcanic system.
No Account Redmond Cave is a smaller lava tube within the Redmond cave system in Oregon, known for its limited accessibility to explorers.
Insignificant Redmond Cave is the local name for Redmond Cave No. 5, one of the lava caves in the Redmond Caves group in Redmond, Oregon. The cave formed as part of a basaltic lava-tube system created by volcanic flows from the Newberry Caldera, and its informal name refers to its smaller scale rela...
