Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Coyote Springs
BLM found a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 19 rights of way inside the line today. It covers 51,550 acres and was designated November 6, 2002, in the Las Vegas RMP. 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
19 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 12 under non-energy facilities, 5 under other energy facilities and 2 under fiber optic facilities.
- NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION4rights of way
- GS3rights of way
- NV ENERGY2rights of way
- NV POWER CO2rights of way
- GTP INFRASTRUCTURE 1 LLC2rights of way
- NEVADA POWER CO (NV ENERGY)1right of way
- LINCOLN COUNTY (Nevada) - POWER DISTRICT #11right of way
- MCI WORLDCOM NETWORK SVC INC1right of way
- OVERTON POWER DIST1right of way
- LEVEL 3 COMMUNICATIONS1right of way
- Holder not listed by BLM1right of way
The nearest areas
- Arrow CanyonNevada · 2,070 acres · nothing placed inside18miles
- Hidden ValleyNevada · 3,357 acres · nothing placed inside18miles
- Rainbow GardensNevada · 35,357 acres · at least 13 active mining claims, 19 rights of way23miles
- Mormon MesaNevada · 150,488 acres · 20 rights of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it32miles
- River MountainsNevada · 10,793 acres · 7 rights of way32miles
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 Coyote Springs. 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