Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Beaver Dam Slope
BLM found a natural system and a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 7 rights of way inside the line today, and seven grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 36,802 acres and was designated September 19, 2000, in the 1998 Desert Tortoise amendment to Caliente MFP. 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
The rights of way
7 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 3 under oil & gas facilities, 2 under other energy facilities and 2 under non-energy facilities.
- SOUTHWEST GAS CORPORATION1right of way
- HOLLY ENERGY PARTNERS1right of way
- VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DIST1right of way
- CLARK COUNTY REGIONAL FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT1right of way
- SOUTHWEST GAS CORP1right of way
- NEVADA POWER COMPANY1right of way
- LINCOLN COUNTY ROAD DEPARTMENT1right of way
Grazing allotments
7 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- GOURD SPRING97,536acres
- Scarecrow Peak78,773acres
- SNOW SPRINGS44,377acres
- SAND HOLLOW34,562acres
- Beaver Dam Slope20,451acres
- Mormon Well16,032acres
- BEACON6,496acres
The nearest areas
- Beaver Dam SlopeArizona · 52,079 acres · 10 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it13miles
- Virgin River CorridorArizona · 2,065 acres · at least 5 active mining claims, 5 rights of way, 10 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- Virgin SlopeArizona · 39,655 acres · at least 5 active mining claims and 1 more BLM lists as Filed, 7 rights of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it17miles
- Virgin RiverNevada · 6,184 acres · 2 rights of way18miles
- Mormon MesaNevada · 109,865 acres · at least 9 mining claims BLM lists as Under Review, 7 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it23miles
Next to it
Beaver Dam Slope Area of Critical Environmental Concern and Mormon Mesa Area of Critical Environmental Concern touch the line.
More from BLM's Nevada office
Every area BLM's Nevada 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 Beaver Dam Slope. 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