Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Blue Springs Wildlife Habitat Area
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a cultural value, a natural process and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 5,750 acres and was designated January 14, 1998, in the Box Elder 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
Ground: USGS The National Map, topographic tiles. Boundaries: BLM's own, read Oct 20, 2026. The grazing allotment below isn't marked.Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Conner7,367acres
The nearest areas
- Salt Wells Wildlife Habitat AreaUtah · 5,698 acres · 2 rights of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it21miles
- Central Pacific Railroad GradeUtah · 4,921 acres · 1 right of way, 14 grazing allotments covering part of it36miles
- Old Juniper TownsiteIdaho · 3.4 acres · nothing placed inside49miles
- Laketown CanyonUtah · 15,299 acres · 2 rights of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it53miles
- Oneida Narrows RNAIdaho · 615 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it54miles
Next to it
Central Pacific Railroad Grade Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches the line.
More from BLM's Utah office
Every area BLM's Utah 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 Blue Springs Wildlife Habitat Area. 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