Oregon · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Grande Ronde
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a scenic value, a natural process and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 13 rights of way inside the line today, and 21 grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 16,971 acres and was designated July 12, 1989, in the Baker Field Office 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
13 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 10 under non-energy facilities and 3 under other energy facilities.
- Holder not listed by BLM4rights of way
- ASOTIN TELEPHONE CO3rights of way
- CLEARWATER POWER CO3rights of way
- WALLOWA COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS2rights of way
- WASH ST DEPT FISH & WLDLIFE1right of way
Grazing allotments
21 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10033.01047134,561acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM5-2525,073acres
- HORSE CREEK9,293acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM509,042acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM347,723acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM537,216acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM354,205acres
- FISHER GULCH3,578acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM233,484acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM202,933acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM272,779acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM612,045acres
- COURTNEY CREEK2,012acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM41L1,890acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM281,708acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM391,234acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM581,137acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM301,124acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM591,033acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM41R912acres
- GRANDE RONDE RM42524acres
The nearest areas
- Joseph CreekOregon/Washington · 3,503 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it9miles
- Wapshilla Ridge RNAIdaho · 402 acres · nothing placed inside22miles
- Captain John Creek RNAIdaho · 1,322 acres · nothing placed inside24miles
- Lower Salmon RiverIdaho · 14,367 acres · 11 rights of way, 27 grazing allotments covering part of it36miles
- South Fork Walla Walla RiverOregon/Washington · 2,041 acres · 3 rights of way44miles
More from BLM's Oregon/Washington office
Every area BLM's Oregon/Washington 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 Grande Ronde. 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