Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Snake Creek Indian Burial Cave
BLM found a cultural value and a natural process here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 40 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
Ground: USGS The National Map, topographic tiles. Boundaries: BLM's own, read Oct 20, 2026. The grazing allotment below isn't marked.Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- BAKER CREEK58,540acres
The nearest areas
- Baker Archaeological SiteNevada · 76 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it9miles
- Shoshone PondsNevada · 1,241 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it19miles
- Baking Powder FlatNevada · 13,638 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it22miles
- Rose Guano Bat CaveNevada · 39 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it23miles
- Swamp CedarNevada · 3,212 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it25miles
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 Snake Creek Indian Burial Cave. 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