Colorado · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Anvil Points ACEC
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource and a scenic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 2 oil and gas leases and 6 rights of way inside the line today, and seven grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 6,895 acres and was designated November 17, 2016, in the 2016 Roan Plateau RMP Amendment. In the plan's name, RMP stands for resource management 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
6 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 3 under oil & gas facilities and 3 under other energy facilities.
- TEP ROCKY MOUNTAIN LLC6rights of way
The oil and gas leases
2 active oil and gas leases sit inside the line. 2 of them took effect before the area was designated on November 17, 2016.
- TEP ROCKY MOUNTAIN LLC2leases
Grazing allotments
7 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Webster Park13,584acres
- Cottonwood Gulch12,518acres
- JQS Com10,593acres
- Hubbard Mesa9,063acres
- Mahaffey Summer6,580acres
- Sharrard Park2,431acres
- Doodlebug964acres
The nearest areas
- Magpie Gulch ACECColorado · 4,711 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it4miles
- East Fork Parachute Creek ACECColorado · 7,074 acres · 4 grazing allotments covering part of it4miles
- Trapper/Northwater Creek ACECColorado · 6,291 acres · 1 right of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it6miles
- Grand Hogback Expansion ACECColorado · 8,801 acres · 1 right of way, 7 grazing allotments covering part of it7miles
- Grand Hogback ACECColorado · 4,306 acres · 3 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it9miles
Next to it
East Fork Parachute Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches the line.
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Every area BLM's Colorado 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 Anvil Points ACEC. 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