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Color Country is an area encompassing Southern Utah, Northern Arizona, and Southern Nevada. The area is at the merging of three great ecosystems, the Mojave Desert, the Colorado Plateau and the Great Basin. The area includes 29 National Parks, National Monuments and State Parks, 4 large wildlife preserves in addition to 3 man-made wonders including Lake Powell, Lake Mead and Las Vegas.

Geology
Color Country is an active geological area. Summer monsoons create water events that reveal and change Navajo Sandstone cliffs, lava flows

History
Originally the are was inhabited by Desert Archaic Culture, Fremont Culture and Numic (Shoshone) people. Later the Anasazi were present for a short period. Most recently the Southern Paiute and Ute (Nuciu) people with small areas visited by Navajo people. Utah history to go.

Management
The U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management Color Country District oversees the region. BLM Utah.

Parks, Monuments, Preserves, Places
National Parks
 * Bryce Canyon National Park
 * Capital Reef National Park
 * Grand Canyon National Park
 * Zion National Park

State Parks
 * UT-Snow Canyon State Park
 * UT-Coral Pink Sand Dunes State Park
 * UT-Sand Hollow State Park
 * UT-Gunlock State Park
 * UT-Beaver Dam State Park
 * UT-Frontier Homestead State Park Museum
 * UT-Otter Creek State Park
 * UT-Escalante Petrified Forest State Park
 * UT-Fremont Indian State Park and Museum
 * UT-Piute State Park
 * UT-Goosenecks State Park
 * NV-Cathedral Gorge State Park
 * NV-Kershaw-Ryan State Park
 * NV-Echo Canyon State Park
 * NV-Valley of Fire State Park

National Monuments
 * Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument
 * Cedar Breaks National Monument
 * Vermilion Cliffs National Monument
 * Rainbow Bridge National Monument
 * Natural Bridges National Monument
 * Hovenweep National Monument
 * Grand Canyon-Parashant National Monument

Preserves
 * Glen Canyon National Recreation Area
 * Lake Mead National Recreation Area
 * Dixie National Forest
 * Red Cliffs National Conservation Area

Places
 * Oljato–Monument Valley

Wildlife
Wildlife includes the Gila monster, peregrine falcon and coyote. Other notable wildlife include the giant desert hairy scorpion, coyote, Mojave sidewinder, red-spotted toad, Utah banded gecko, and the side-blotched lizard, among many others.

There are numerous species of protected wildlife including desert tortoise, prairie dog and