Idaho · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Tee-Maze RNA
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a cultural value and a scenic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 2 rights of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 10,742 acres and was designated August 18, 2003, in the Shoshone Land Tenure Amendment 2003.
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
2 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 2 under non-energy facilities.
- IDAHO IRRIGATION CO1right of way
- IDAHO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION1right of way
Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- North Shoshone98,955acres
The nearest areas
- McKinney Butte RNAIdaho · 3,755 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it22miles
- 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 it27miles
- Box CanyonIdaho · 124 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it34miles
- Vineyard Creek Natural AreaIdaho · 114 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it35miles
- Elk MountainIdaho · 12,671 acres · 8 grazing allotments 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 Tee-Maze RNA. 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