Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Pine Forest
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource 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 three grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 16,227 acres and was designated May 21, 2015, in the WD RMP 2015. In the plan's name, WD stands for BLM's Winnemucca District and RMP 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.
- WINNEMUCCA DISTRICT OFFICE1right of way
Grazing allotments
3 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- PINE FOREST142,710acres
- ALDER CREEK128,062acres
- KNOTT CREEK70,940acres
The nearest areas
- Long DrawOregon/Washington · 441 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it29miles
- Tum Tum LakeOregon/Washington · 1,695 acres · 5 grazing allotments covering part of it32miles
- Pueblo FoothillsOregon/Washington · 2,424 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it33miles
- East Fork Trout CreekOregon/Washington · 361 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it34miles
- Hawksie-WalksieOregon/Washington · 17,300 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it34miles
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 Pine Forest. 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