Colorado · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Roan and Carr Creeks
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 18 oil and gas leases and 15 rights of way inside the line today, and 23 grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 33,566 acres and was designated August 24, 2015, in the 2015 Grand Junction 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
15 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 7 under oil & gas facilities, 5 under non-energy facilities and 3 under other energy facilities.
- CAERUS PICEANCE LLC7rights of way
- Holder not listed by BLM3rights of way
- HENDERSON RIDGE LLC1right of way
- GRAND VALLEY RURAL POWER1right of way
- HI-TECH SYNFUELS INC1right of way
- A private individual, name withheld by this site1right of way
- UGC MIDSTREAM LTD1right of way
The oil and gas leases
18 active oil and gas leases sit inside the line. 18 of them took effect before the area was designated on August 24, 2015.
- Holder not listed by BLM16leases
- VISION ENERGY LLC1lease
- CAERUS PICEANCE LLC1lease
Grazing allotments
23 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- East Salt119,636acres
- Cathedral Bluffs108,039acres
- Square S77,168acres
- Big Salt30,356acres
- Roan Creek12,587acres
- Head of Carr Creek4,118acres
- Upper Brush Mountain3,210acres
- Bear Gulch2,835acres
- Lower Roan Creek Common2,739acres
- Paddock2,444acres
- 4-A Mountain1,963acres
- Brush Mountain Common1,862acres
- Lower 4-A1,785acres
- Eby Gulch1,545acres
- Carbon1,367acres
- Carr Creek1,348acres
- Henderson Ridge Common1,155acres
- Kimball Mountain690acres
- Lower Brush Mountain436acres
- Lower Carr Creek Common315acres
- 4-A Individual204acres
- 4-A Place91acres
- Burdick Homestead72acres
The nearest areas
- East Douglas Creek ACECColorado · 47,391 acres · 25 oil and gas leases, 48 rights of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it11miles
- South Cathedral Bluffs ACECColorado · 1,324 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- South Shale Ridge ACECColorado · 27,838 acres · 22 oil and gas leases, 9 rights of way, 7 grazing allotments covering part of it19miles
- Coal Draw ACECColorado · 1,824 acres · 7 oil and gas leases, 5 rights of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it22miles
- Pyramid Rock ACEC (Zone 1)Colorado · 1,257 acres · 2 oil and gas leases, 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it23miles
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 Roan and Carr Creeks. 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