Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Canaan Mountain
BLM's map records no relevance finding for this one. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and 12 grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 33,955 acres and was designated December 21, 2016, in the St George Field Office 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.
- HILDALE CITY (Utah)1right of way
Grazing allotments
12 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Goat Ranch10,174acres
- Grapevine8,424acres
- Canaan Mountain8,329acres
- Canaan Ranch5,007acres
- Wells Spring3,695acres
- Cottonwood Point3,555acres
- Buttermilk3,310acres
- Big Plains3,122acres
- Cane Beds2,736acres
- Cottonwood2,270acres
- Maxwell Canyon2,241acres
- Russel Fields1,622acres
The nearest areas
- Lost Spring MountainArizona · 19,565 acres · at least 3 active mining claims, 1 right of way, 8 grazing allotments covering part of it10miles
- Little Creek MountainUtah · 19,331 acres · 6 rights of way, 12 grazing allotments covering part of it11miles
- Lone ButteArizona · 1,759 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it15miles
- Cottonwood CanyonUtah · 3,759 acres · 1 right of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it20miles
- Moonshine RidgeArizona · 9,312 acres · 6 grazing allotments covering part of it23miles
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 Canaan 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