California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Mattole Beach
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a cultural value, a natural process and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and three grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 798 acres and was designated May 11, 2005, in the King Range NCA. In the plan's name, NCA stands for National Conservation Area.
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.
- PACIFIC GAS & ELECTRIC COMPANY1right of way
Grazing allotments
3 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Spanish Flat8,457acres
- Strawberry Rock970acres
- Windy Point251acres
The nearest areas
- Mill CreekCalifornia · 948 acres · nothing placed inside3miles
- Gilham ButteCalifornia · 9,339 acres · nothing placed inside18miles
- Upper MattoleCalifornia · 459 acres · nothing placed inside29miles
- Butte CreekCalifornia · 2,298 acres · 3 rights of way35miles
- Iaqua ButtesCalifornia · 1,112 acres · 3 rights of way37miles
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 Mattole Beach. 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