California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Dutch Flat/Indian Hill RNA
BLM found a natural system and a natural process here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 2 rights of way inside the line today. It covers 317 acres and was designated February 1, 2008, in the Sierra.
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
2 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 2 under non-energy facilities.
- MOTHER LODE FIELD OFFICE1right of way
- A private individual, name withheld by this site1right of way
The nearest areas
- Deadmans FlatCalifornia · 745 acres · at least 1 active mining claim, 3 rights of way14miles
- Pine HillCalifornia · 3,277 acres · at least 3 active mining claims, 1 right of way32miles
- Spivey PondCalifornia · 54 acres · nothing placed inside32miles
- North Fork Cosumnes RiverCalifornia · 1,136 acres · at least 1 active mining claim, 1 right of way37miles
- North Table MountainCalifornia · 53 acres · nothing placed inside46miles
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 Dutch Flat/Indian Hill RNA. 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