Colorado · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Elephant Rocks ACEC
BLM found a natural system, a scenic value and a natural process here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 1,845 acres and was designated December 18, 1991, in the 1991 San Luis 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
Ground: USGS The National Map, topographic tiles. Boundaries: BLM's own, read Oct 20, 2026. The grazing allotment below isn't marked.Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10189.01035311,955acres
The nearest areas
- Blanca Wetlands ACECColorado · 122,660 acres · 7 rights of way, 9 grazing allotments covering part of it26miles
- Trickle Mountain ACECColorado · 43,857 acres · 4 rights of way, 13 grazing allotments covering part of it29miles
- Ra Jadero Canyon ACECColorado · 3,652 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it37miles
- Los Mogotes ACECColorado · 33,447 acres · 2 rights of way, 10 grazing allotments covering part of it46miles
- San Luis Hills ACECColorado · 36,472 acres · at least 3 active mining claims and 79 more BLM lists as Filed, 4 rights of way, 9 grazing allotments covering part of it47miles
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 Elephant Rocks 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