Idaho · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Salmon Falls Creek Canyon
One of 2 areas BLM's Idaho office names Salmon Falls Creek Canyon; this one is 2,430 acres. All of them. BLM found a scenic value and a natural process here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and five grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 2,430 acres and was designated September 16, 1982, in the Twin Falls MFP 1982. 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 5 grazing allotments below aren't marked.Grazing allotments
5 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Whiskey Creek19,376acres
- Buhl Group-Berger4,194acres
- Kerr-Berger2,290acres
- Lilly Grade1,721acres
- Whiskey Creek Buffer648acres
The nearest areas
- Salmon Falls Creek CanyonIdaho · 2,662 acres · 1 right of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it<1miles
- PlayasIdaho · 38 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it16miles
- Box CanyonIdaho · 124 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it23miles
- Vineyard Creek Natural AreaIdaho · 114 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it28miles
- McKinney Butte RNAIdaho · 3,755 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it43miles
Next to it
Salmon Falls Creek Canyon Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches the line.
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 Salmon Falls Creek Canyon. 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