Oregon · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
High Lakes
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource and a cultural value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 3 rights of way inside the line today, and four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 38,952 acres and was designated November 4, 2003, in the Lakeview 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
3 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 3 under non-energy facilities.
- Holder not listed by BLM2rights of way
- WARNER VLY STOCK CO1right of way
Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- BEATY BUTTE551,902acres
- O'KEEFFE INDIVIDUAL53,981acres
- HILL CAMP34,788acres
- GREASER DRIFT10,262acres
The nearest areas
- Guano Creek-Sink LakesOregon/Washington · 11,186 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it7miles
- Spanish LakeOregon/Washington · 4,695 acres · 4 grazing allotments covering part of it10miles
- Fish Creek RimOregon/Washington · 8,718 acres · 4 grazing allotments covering part of it14miles
- Rahilly-GravellyOregon/Washington · 18,718 acres · 4 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- Rahilly-GravellyCalifornia · 956 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it18miles
Next to it
Guano Creek-Sink Lakes Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches the line.
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 High Lakes. 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