California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Blue Ridge
BLM found a wildlife resource 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 11,064 acres and was designated December 22, 2014, in the Bakersfield 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
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.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10061.0104321,183acres
The nearest areas
- KaweahCalifornia · 33,595 acres · at least 3 mining claims BLM lists as Filed, 11 rights of way, 11 grazing allotments covering part of it14miles
- Independence Creek WSACalifornia · 6,480 acres · at least 1 mining claim BLM lists as Filed, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it46miles
- Symmes Creek WSACalifornia · 8,372 acres · at least 3 mining claims BLM lists as Filed, 1 right of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it47miles
- Cyrus CanyonCalifornia · 4,423 acres · 1 right of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it48miles
- ManzanarCalifornia · 573 acres · at least 2 mining claims BLM lists as Filed, 1 right of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it49miles
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 Blue Ridge. 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