Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Mormon Mesa
One of 2 areas BLM's Nevada office names Mormon Mesa; this one is 150,488 acres. All of them. BLM found a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 20 rights of way inside the line today, and two grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 150,488 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
20 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 18 under non-energy facilities, 1 under other energy facilities and 1 under fiber optic facilities.
- NEVADA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION10rights of way
- CLARK COUNTY (Nevada) - REGIONAL FLOOD CONTROL DISTRICT2rights of way
- LINCOLN COUNTY (Nevada) - POWER DISTRICT #11right of way
- AT&T REAL EST LEASE ADMIN1right of way
- GS1right of way
- UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD1right of way
- LAS VEGAS VALLEY WATER DISTRICT1right of way
- SOUTHERN NV WATER AUTHORITY1right of way
- AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION1right of way
- FTV COMM1right of way
Grazing allotments
2 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- DELAMAR242,501acres
- BREEDLOVE121,066acres
The nearest areas
- 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 it9miles
- Virgin RiverNevada · 6,184 acres · 2 rights of way15miles
- Arrow CanyonNevada · 2,070 acres · nothing placed inside17miles
- Beaver Dam SlopeNevada · 36,802 acres · 7 rights of way, 7 grazing allotments covering part of it24miles
- 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 it25miles
Next to it
Mormon Mesa 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 Mormon Mesa. 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