Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Shooting Gallery
BLM found a cultural value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 15,603 acres and was designated August 20, 2008, in the Ely 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
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- USAF/Nellis AFB1right of way
Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- BALD MOUNTAIN260,056acres
- PAHRANAGAT WEST68,477acres
- LOWER LAKE WEST60,077acres
- PINE CONE26,081acres
The nearest areas
- Mount IrishNevada · 15,075 acres · at least 7 active mining claims, 5 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it19miles
- Pahroc Rock ArtNevada · 2,417 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it28miles
- Kane SpringsNevada · 57,185 acres · 7 rights of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it32miles
- Lower Meadow Valley WashNevada · 24,916 acres · at least 11 active mining claims, 15 rights of way, 16 grazing allotments covering part of it43miles
- Arrow CanyonNevada · 2,070 acres · nothing placed inside51miles
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 Shooting Gallery. 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