California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Compensation Lands
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 1 right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 281 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
The rights of way
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under other energy facilities.
- UNOCAP1right of way
Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Chico Martinez6,250acres
The nearest areas
- Chico MartinezCalifornia · 4,614 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it6miles
- Lokern-Buena VistaCalifornia · 69,389 acres · 29 oil and gas leases, 59 rights of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it12miles
- Ancient Lakeshores - Goose LakeCalifornia · 40 acres · 1 right of way16miles
- Ancient Lakeshores - Alkali SinksCalifornia · 402 acres · 1 right of way21miles
- Ancient Lakeshores - Sand RidgeCalifornia · 1,600 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it33miles
Next to it
Lokern-Buena Vista Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches the line.
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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 Compensation Lands. 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