California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Deer Creek
BLM found a wildlife resource, a cultural value, a scenic value, a historic value and a fish 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 567 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.
- Bald Knob459acres
The nearest areas
- Forks of Butte CreekCalifornia · 2,901 acres · at least 1 mining claim BLM lists as Filed, 7 rights of way17miles
- Corning Vernal PoolsCalifornia · 173 acres · 1 right of way24miles
- Sacramento River BendCalifornia · 20,431 acres · 28 rights of way, 8 grazing allotments covering part of it26miles
- North Table MountainCalifornia · 53 acres · nothing placed inside36miles
- Hawes CornerCalifornia · 38 acres · nothing placed inside37miles
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 Deer Creek. 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