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Devil's Den Canyon Wilderness Study Area
Nat'l Recreation Area

Devil's Den Canyon Wilderness Study Area

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The Devil's Den Canyon WSA is located in southern New Mexico, approximately 40 miles southwest of Carlsbad and is contiguous with the Guadalupe Escarpment WSA (managed by the U.S. Forest Service). Devil's Den Canyon contains the mouth of a major drainage on the west side of Guadalupe Escarpment and has a variety of vegetation including desert shrubs and grasses, piсon and juniper woodlands, and sub-riparian trees and shrubs in the canyon bottom.

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