Idaho · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Vineyard Creek Natural Area
BLM found a scenic value, a natural process and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 114 acres and was designated January 1, 1986, in the Monument RMP 1986. 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
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- IDAHO POWER CO1right of way
Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Canyon16,030acres
The nearest areas
- Substation TractIdaho · 438 acres · nothing placed inside25miles
- Box CanyonIdaho · 124 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it26miles
- Salmon Falls Creek CanyonIdaho · 2,430 acres · 5 grazing allotments covering part of it28miles
- Salmon Falls Creek CanyonIdaho · 2,662 acres · 1 right of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it28miles
- Tee-Maze RNAIdaho · 10,742 acres · 2 rights of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it35miles
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 Vineyard Creek Natural Area. 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