Oregon · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Hunter Creek Bog
BLM found a natural system here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place at least 25 active mining claims and 1 right of way inside the line today. It covers 721 acres and was designated August 5, 2016, in the Northwestern and Coastal Oregon 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
Who holds the claims
At least 25 claims sit inside this line: 25 active, 25 with a holder BLM names. BLM lists 25 as Active.
- RED FLAT NICKEL CORP25claims
BLM's mining rules list designated ACECs among the places where mining that disturbs the surface beyond casual use needs a plan of operations BLM approves. Exploration of five acres or less can go ahead on a notice instead.
The rights of way
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- USFS (GRANTS PASS INTERAGENCY OFFICE)1right of way
The nearest areas
- North Fork Hunter CreekOregon/Washington · 1,925 acres · nothing placed inside2miles
- North Fork ChetcoOregon/Washington · 423 acres · 1 right of way16miles
- Rocky PeakOregon/Washington · 1,829 acres · 3 rights of way20miles
- North Fork Silver CreekOregon/Washington · 494 acres · 1 right of way30miles
- Eight Dollar MountainOregon/Washington · 1,251 acres · at least 4 active mining claims and 6 more BLM lists as Filed, 3 rights of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it35miles
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 Hunter Creek Bog. 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