The McInnis Canyon National Conservation Area (MCNCA) is a BLM-managed area encompassing over 123,000 acres of high desert in western Colorado. The 2012 Science Plan for the MCNCA stated that a full list of the flora in the MCNCA was a high scientific priority. The goal of this project was to complete the first floristic inventory of the area. Between 2013-2020, four Colorado Mesa University undergraduate students each spent a summer collecting plant specimens from throughout the area. The resulting 644 plant collections were combined with previously collected and online databased specimens from SEINet to compile a species list. The results of this species list and a comparison of the flora of McInnis Canyon with the adjacent Colorado National Monument will be discussed. Additionally, the benefits to undergraduate students and collaboration between the BLM and university will be highlighted.