Colorado · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Fairview ACEC/RNA
BLM found a natural system and a natural process here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 161 acres and was designated November 5, 2004, in the 2004 Gunnison Gorge NCA RMP. In the plan's name, NCA stands for National Conservation Area and RMP 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
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- BUREAU OF RECLAMATION1right of way
Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Adobe South4,858acres
The nearest areas
- Fairview South (BLM Expansion) ACECColorado · 608 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it5miles
- Gunnison Sage-Grouse ACEC/IBAColorado · 22,189 acres · 7 rights of way, 8 grazing allotments covering part of it12miles
- Native Plant Community ACEC/ONAColorado · 3,788 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it13miles
- Needle Rock ACECColorado · 82 acres · 2 rights of way21miles
- Adobe Badlands ACECColorado · 6,370 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it28miles
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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 Fairview ACEC/RNA. 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