California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Salton Sea Hazardous
BLM found a natural hazard here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today. It covers 7,254 acres and was designated December 12, 1980, in the CDCA Plan, as amended, DRECP amendment. In the plan's name, CDCA stands for California Desert Conservation Area and DRECP for Desert Renewable Energy Conservation 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
The rights of way
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- AT&T CALIFORNIA1right of way
The nearest areas
- San Sebastian Marsh/San Felipe CreekCalifornia · 6,584 acres · 2 rights of way8miles
- Lake Cahuilla ShorelineCalifornia · 11,879 acres · nothing placed inside15miles
- West MesaCalifornia · 100,863 acres · 8 rights of way15miles
- Dos PalmasCalifornia · 15,120 acres · 6 rights of way19miles
- Coyote Mountains Fossil SiteCalifornia · 5,876 acres · at least 3 active mining claims29miles
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 Salton Sea Hazardous. 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