Arizona · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Carrow-Stephens Ranches
BLM found a cultural value, a natural process and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 2 rights of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 499 acres and was designated March 7, 1995, in the Kingman RMP. In the plan's name, RMP stands for resource management plan.
One of the 1,120 places the Bureau of Land Management has designated an Area of Critical Environmental Concern. This page shows its line, what BLM found there and what sits inside it.
The line
The rights of way
2 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities and 1 under other energy facilities.
- AZ DOT1right of way
- Holder not listed by BLM1right of way
Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Big Sandy88,147acres
The nearest areas
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- Clay Hills Research Natural AreaArizona · 1,117 acres · at least 17 active mining claims, a grazing allotment covering part of it21miles
- Burro Creek Riparian And CulturalArizona · 34,948 acres · at least 102 active mining claims and 6 more BLM lists as Filed, 7 rights of way, 8 grazing allotments covering part of it21miles
- McCracken Desert Tortoise HabitatArizona · 33,225 acres · at least 13 active mining claims, 1 right of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it22miles
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More from BLM's Arizona office
Every area BLM's Arizona office holdsThe proposed rule
A proposed rule, RIN 1004-AF53, would change how BLM drafts every land use plan, and how it designates ACECs like Carrow-Stephens Ranches. The comment window hasn't opened: the proposed rule wasn't in the Federal Register at our last check. The Watch sends one email the day it prints.
The rule's abstract
The purpose of this rulemaking is to establish in regulations an updated process for the approval of the development, revision, amendment, and maintenance of land use plans, as provided for by the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976, for public lands administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). Additionally, this rulemaking will provide clarification of the process the BLM uses for designating Areas of Critical Environmental Concern.Unified Agenda entry for RIN 1004-AF53, Publication ID 2026, reginfo.gov (OMB OIRA), read Oct 18, 2026