Idaho · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Elk Mountain
BLM found a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and eight grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 12,671 acres and was designated December 14, 1981, in the Sun Valley MFP 1981. In the plan's name, MFP stands for management framework 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 8 grazing allotments below aren't marked.Grazing allotments
8 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10802.0105624,140acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-6292266.01060218,934acres
- Muldoon13,550acres
- Sheep Creek8,458acres
- Little Wood6,580acres
- Hailey Creek6,177acres
- Spring Creek3,115acres
- Elk Mountain1,675acres
The nearest areas
- Sun PeakIdaho · 554 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it21miles
- Big Beaver - Little BeaverIdaho · 6,775 acres · at least 2 mining claims BLM lists as Filed, 1 right of way, 9 grazing allotments covering part of it29miles
- Herd Creek Watershed RNAIdaho · 1,056 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it36miles
- Tee-Maze RNAIdaho · 10,742 acres · 2 rights of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it38miles
- Peck's Canyon RNAIdaho · 782 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it38miles
More from BLM's Idaho office
Every area BLM's Idaho 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 Elk Mountain. 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