Colorado · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Garden Park ACEC
BLM found a natural system and a cultural value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 6 rights of way inside the line today, and six grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 3,122 acres and was designated January 18, 2024, in the 2024 Eastern Colorado 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
6 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 3 under non-energy facilities, 1 under water, 1 under other energy facilities and 1 under fiber optic facilities.
- PARK CENTER WATER DI2rights of way
- CITY OF CRIPPLE CREEK1right of way
- CANON HTS IRR & RES1right of way
- BLACK HILLS CORP1right of way
- QWEST CORP1right of way
Grazing allotments
6 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- OIL WELL FLATS6,851acres
- HOME PLACE5,636acres
- WORLEY COUNTRY3,335acres
- LOWER SHAWS PARK980acres
- MILLER PLACE421acres
- SOUTH GARDEN PARK263acres
The nearest areas
- South Pikes Peak ACECColorado · 40,449 acres · 6 rights of way, 17 grazing allotments covering part of it11miles
- Grape Creek ACECColorado · 16,558 acres · at least 59 active mining claims and 1 more BLM lists as Filed, 2 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- Arkansas Canyonlands ACECColorado · 23,707 acres · at least 4 active mining claims, 8 rights of way, 12 grazing allotments covering part of it16miles
- Castle Gardens ACECColorado · 310 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it41miles
- Ruby Mountain/Railroad Gulch ACECColorado · 1,772 acres · 5 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it46miles
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 Garden Park 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