Nevada · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
White River Valley
BLM found a cultural value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and seven grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 13,084 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 7 grazing allotments below aren't marked.Grazing allotments
7 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- SUNNYSIDE226,959acres
- HARDY SPRING125,652acres
- FOREST MOON118,805acres
- NORTH COVE40,101acres
- WHITE RIVER TRAIL35,594acres
- DOUGLAS POINT22,908acres
- PRESTON LUND TRAIL18,011acres
The nearest areas
- Baking Powder FlatNevada · 13,638 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it42miles
- Honeymoon Hill / City of RocksNevada · 3,886 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it45miles
- Shoshone PondsNevada · 1,241 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it49miles
- Highland RangeNevada · 6,882 acres · at least 16 active mining claims, 17 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it51miles
- Pahroc Rock ArtNevada · 2,417 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it57miles
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 White River Valley. 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