Washington · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Juniper Forest
BLM found a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 6 rights of way inside the line today, and five grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 12,928 acres in Washington, managed by BLM's Oregon/Washington office, and was designated May 19, 1997, in the Spokane District 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
6 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 4 under non-energy facilities and 2 under other energy facilities.
- A private individual, name withheld by this site1right of way
- CHEVRON PIPELINE CO1right of way
- FRANKLIN COUNTY PUBLIC WORKS1right of way
- TESORO LOGISTICS NORTHWEST PIPELINE LLC1right of way
- PUD NO 1 OF FRANKLIN COUNTY1right of way
- FIVE D FARMS LLC1right of way
Grazing allotments
5 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- NEFF RD7,408acres
- SOUTHWEST JUNIPER DUNES5,960acres
- JD NORTH2,191acres
- OR006941,695acres
- JUNIPER WEST1,003acres
The nearest areas
- Yakima River - Columbia River IslandOregon/Washington · 88 acres · nothing placed inside21miles
- McCoy CanyonOregon/Washington · 165 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it49miles
- South Fork Walla Walla RiverOregon/Washington · 2,041 acres · 3 rights of way51miles
- Sentinel SlopeOregon/Washington · 124 acres · nothing placed inside54miles
- Coal CreekOregon/Washington · 764 acres · 5 rights of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it71miles
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 Juniper Forest. 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