Colorado · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Coal Draw ACEC
BLM found a cultural value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 7 oil and gas leases and 5 rights of way inside the line today, and two grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 1,824 acres and was designated July 1, 1997, in the 1997 White River RMP. 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
5 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 4 under oil & gas facilities and 1 under non-energy facilities.
- UTAH GAS CORP3rights of way
- UGC MIDSTREAM LTD, LLC1right of way
- UGC MIDSTREAM LTD1right of way
The oil and gas leases
7 active oil and gas leases sit inside the line. 7 of them took effect before the area was designated on July 1, 1997.
- UTAH GAS OP LTD3leases
- Holder not listed by BLM2leases
- ROBERT J GUTRU LP1lease
- Peregrine EP II, LLC1lease
Grazing allotments
2 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Cathedral Bluffs108,039acres
- E Douglas Cr46,815acres
The nearest areas
- South Cathedral Bluffs ACECColorado · 1,324 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it9miles
- East Douglas Creek ACECColorado · 47,391 acres · 25 oil and gas leases, 48 rights of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it11miles
- Oil Spring Mountain ACECColorado · 18,245 acres · 5 oil and gas leases, 2 rights of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it13miles
- Duck Creek ACECColorado · 3,472 acres · 3 oil and gas leases, 1 right of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it19miles
- Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek ACECColorado · 2,722 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it19miles
More from BLM's Colorado office
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 Coal Draw 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