Washington · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Little Vulcan Mountain
BLM found a natural system and a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and two grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 623 acres in Washington, managed by BLM's Oregon/Washington office, and was designated December 17, 1992, in the Spokane District RMP Amendment. 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
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- FERRY COUNTY RD DEPT1right of way
Grazing allotments
2 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10044.0104517,958acres
- LITTLE VULCAN459acres
The nearest areas
- Hot LakesOregon/Washington · 80 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it35miles
- Brewster RoostOregon/Washington · 200 acres · 1 right of way75miles
- Farnham Forest RNAIdaho · 33 acres · nothing placed inside104miles
- Coal CreekOregon/Washington · 764 acres · 5 rights of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it107miles
- Earthquake PointOregon/Washington · 68 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it108miles
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 Little Vulcan Mountain. 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