California · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Table Mountain
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 5 rights of way inside the line today. It covers 5,218 acres and was designated October 1, 2008, in the Eastern San Diego County MFP. In the plan's name, MFP stands for management framework 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
5 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 5 under non-energy facilities.
- MOUNTAIN EMPIRE ELECTRIC COOP2rights of way
- Holder not listed by BLM1right of way
- FISHER WIRELESS SERVICES1right of way
- US DEPT JUSTICE INS1right of way
The nearest areas
- OcotilloCalifornia · 14,908 acres · at least 1 mining claim BLM lists as Filed, 16 rights of way6miles
- In-Ko-Pah MountainsCalifornia · 9,764 acres · at least 8 active mining claims, 3 rights of way9miles
- Coyote Mountains Fossil SiteCalifornia · 5,876 acres · at least 3 active mining claims12miles
- Yuha BasinCalifornia · 81,579 acres · 33 rights of way21miles
- West MesaCalifornia · 100,863 acres · 8 rights of way29miles
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 Table Mountain. 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