Colorado · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Gunnison Gravels ACEC
BLM found a natural system 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 15 acres and was designated January 13, 2017, in the 2017 Dominguez-Escalante 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
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.
- Gibbler Common53,691acres
The nearest areas
- Gibbler Mountain ACECColorado · 1,266 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it2miles
- Rough Canyon ACECColorado · 2,779 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it9miles
- River Rims ACECColorado · 5,302 acres · 1 right of way, 8 grazing allotments covering part of it13miles
- Indian Creek ACECColorado · 2,345 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it14miles
- Escalante Canyon ACECColorado · 2,282 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it17miles
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 Gunnison Gravels 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