Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Salt Lake
One of 2 areas BLM's Nevada office names Salt Lake; this one is 4,349 acres. All of them. BLM found a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 4,349 acres and was designated July 16, 1985, in the Wells.
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 fiber optic facilities.
- BEEHIVE TELEPHONE CO INC NV1right of way
Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- LEAD HILLS80,164acres
The nearest areas
- Salt LakeNevada · 1,676 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it<1miles
- Bonneville Salt FlatsUtah · 30,239 acres · 2 rights of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it26miles
- Donner Creek / Bettridge CreekUtah · 2,140 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it39miles
- Blue Mass Scenic AreaNevada · 951 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it52miles
- Gandy Salt MarshUtah · 2,688 acres · 1 right of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it69miles
Next to it
Salt Lake 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 Salt Lake. 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