Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Gold Butte Part C
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 5 rights of way inside the line today, and four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 35,707 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
5 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 5 under non-energy facilities.
- VIRGIN VALLEY WATER DIST2rights of way
- NPS LAKE MEAD NAT REC AREA1right of way
- LAS VEGAS METRO POLICE DEPT1right of way
- INSITE TOWERS, LLC1right of way
Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Mesquite Community48,676acres
- Mosby-Nay47,520acres
- Lime Spring3,395acres
- Gold Butte511acres
The nearest areas
- Whitney PocketNevada · 160 acres · nothing placed inside3miles
- Gold Butte Part ANevada · 186,566 acres · at least 5 mining claims BLM lists as Filed, 3 rights of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it4miles
- Red Rock SpringsNevada · 638 acres · nothing placed inside9miles
- Devil's ThroatNevada · 639 acres · nothing placed inside10miles
- Virgin RiverNevada · 6,184 acres · 2 rights of way13miles
Next to it
Virgin Slope Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches 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 Gold Butte Part C. 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