California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Beegum Creek Gorge
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a natural process and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 3 rights of way inside the line today. It covers 4,486 acres and was designated November 6, 2024, in the Northwest California Integrated 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
3 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 2 under non-energy facilities and 1 under other energy facilities.
- PG&E1right of way
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION1right of way
- HAPPY VLY TEL CO1right of way
The nearest areas
- Grass Valley CreekCalifornia · 19,575 acres · 61 rights of way22miles
- Upper and Lower Clear CreekCalifornia · 4,561 acres · at least 3 active mining claims and 4 more BLM lists as Filed, 32 rights of way24miles
- Swasey DriveCalifornia · 469 acres · 1 right of way26miles
- North Fork EelCalifornia · 500 acres · nothing placed inside29miles
- Sacramento IslandCalifornia · 91 acres · nothing placed inside30miles
More from BLM's California office
Every area BLM's California 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 Beegum Creek Gorge. 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