California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Black Mountain
One of 2 areas BLM's California office names Black Mountain; this one is 1,124 acres. All of them. BLM found a natural system, a cultural value, a natural process and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 1,124 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
Ground: USGS The National Map, topographic tiles. Boundaries: BLM's own, read Oct 20, 2026. The grazing allotment below isn't marked.Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Black Mountain2,879acres
The nearest areas
- Shasta and Klamath River CanyonCalifornia · 1,271 acres · at least 1 mining claim BLM lists as Filed, 5 rights of way6miles
- Upper Klamath BenchCalifornia · 89 acres · nothing placed inside20miles
- Upper Klamath RiverOregon/Washington · 4,781 acres · 2 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it24miles
- Sheep RockCalifornia · 1,411 acres · 1 right of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it24miles
- Holton CreekOregon/Washington · 421 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it28miles
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 Black Mountain. 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