Oregon · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Peck's Milkvetch
BLM found a natural system here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 18 rights of way inside the line today, and six grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 14,118 acres and was designated September 1, 2005, in the Upper Deschutes 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
18 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 12 under non-energy facilities, 5 under distribution line and 1 under other energy facilities.
- Holder not listed by BLM6rights of way
- CENTRAL ELEC CO-OP4rights of way
- QWEST CORP2rights of way
- CENTRAL ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE INC2rights of way
- QWEST CORPORATION2rights of way
- DESCHUTES COUNTY (Oregon) - ROAD DEPTARTMENT1right of way
- A private individual, name withheld by this site1right of way
Grazing allotments
6 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- CLINE BUTTE14,089acres
- HOME RANCH4,639acres
- KEYSTONE4,613acres
- DESERT SPRINGS3,341acres
- HARSCH1,284acres
- EMMRICH190acres
The nearest areas
- Tumalo CanalOregon/Washington · 1,062 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it5miles
- Wagon RoadsOregon/Washington · 1,016 acres · 1 right of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it13miles
- Powell ButteOregon/Washington · 510 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it20miles
- The IslandOregon/Washington · 199 acres · nothing placed inside25miles
- Horse RidgeOregon/Washington · 609 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it27miles
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 Peck's Milkvetch. 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