Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Steamboat Hot Springs Geyser Basin
BLM found a natural system and a natural hazard here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today. It covers 41 acres and was designated January 30, 1984, in the Lahontan 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.
- USGS1right of way
The nearest areas
- Legend-Williams Combleaf HabitatNevada · 473 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it3miles
- Pah Rah Basin PetroglyphNevada · 3,881 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it15miles
- Carson Wandering SkipperNevada · 242 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it32miles
- Incandescent RocksNevada · 1,103 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it35miles
- Slinkard ValleyCalifornia · 16,650 acres · 5 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it54miles
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 Steamboat Hot Springs Geyser Basin. 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