Oregon · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
North Fork Crooked River
BLM found a wildlife resource, a scenic value and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and six grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 6,892 acres and was designated July 5, 1989, in the Brothers La Pine 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
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- L S RANCH1right of way
Grazing allotments
6 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- RABBIT VALLEY39,061acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10067.0103725,952acres
- NORTH FORK22,424acres
- EAST MAURY18,367acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10073.010376,545acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10071.01037–acres
The nearest areas
- Forest Creek - Rough CanyonOregon/Washington · 239 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it<1miles
- Forest Creek - Fox CanyonOregon/Washington · 131 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it3miles
- South Fork Crooked RiverOregon/Washington · 3,619 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it17miles
- Winter RoostOregon/Washington · 336 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it18miles
- Logan ButteOregon/Washington · 792 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it20miles
Next to it
Forest Creek - Fox Canyon 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 North Fork Crooked River. 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