California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Million Dollar Spring
BLM found a natural system and a natural process here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and two grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 6,353 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
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY1right of way
Grazing allotments
2 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Beauty Mountain18,769acres
- Rogers Canyon1,173acres
The nearest areas
- Johnson CanyonCalifornia · 3,985 acres · at least 1 active mining claim, 2 rights of way6miles
- Santa Margarita Ecological ReserveCalifornia · 5,549 acres · 3 rights of way26miles
- PotreroCalifornia · 12,972 acres · 1 right of way34miles
- Coachella Valley Fringe-toed LizardCalifornia · 11,634 acres · 5 rights of way34miles
- Whitewater CanyonCalifornia · 16,415 acres · at least 2 active mining claims, 13 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 Million Dollar Spring. 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