California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Kuchamaa
BLM found a cultural value and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 6 rights of way inside the line today. It covers 1,294 acres and was designated May 26, 1994, in the South Coast.
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
6 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 6 under non-energy facilities.
- US BORDER PATROL2rights of way
- SAN DIEGO COUNTY (California)1right of way
- CALIFORNIA HIGHWAY PATROL (Comm. Sites)1right of way
- AT&T CORPORATE1right of way
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY1right of way
The nearest areas
- Cedar CanyonCalifornia · 1,002 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it7miles
- In-Ko-Pah MountainsCalifornia · 9,764 acres · at least 8 active mining claims, 3 rights of way28miles
- Table MountainCalifornia · 5,218 acres · 5 rights of way33miles
- OcotilloCalifornia · 14,908 acres · at least 1 mining claim BLM lists as Filed, 16 rights of way38miles
- Coyote Mountains Fossil SiteCalifornia · 5,876 acres · at least 3 active mining claims41miles
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 Kuchamaa. 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