Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Central Pacific Railroad Grade
BLM found a wildlife resource, a cultural value, a scenic value and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 right of way inside the line today, and 14 grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 4,921 acres and was designated April 18, 1986, 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
The rights of way
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- BOX ELDER COUNTY1right of way
Grazing allotments
14 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- White Lakes93,047acres
- Snowville88,362acres
- Muddy Creek67,527acres
- Matlin43,474acres
- Red Dome34,995acres
- Owl Springs34,489acres
- Selman34,031acres
- Salt Wells33,281acres
- U And I32,806acres
- Terrace27,032acres
- Peplin20,240acres
- South Kelton18,521acres
- Conner7,367acres
- Golden Spike5,386acres
The nearest areas
- Salt Wells Wildlife Habitat AreaUtah · 5,698 acres · 2 rights of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it17miles
- Blue Springs Wildlife Habitat AreaUtah · 5,750 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it36miles
- Old Juniper TownsiteIdaho · 3.4 acres · nothing placed inside36miles
- Jim Sage Canyon RNAIdaho · 654 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it42miles
- Granite Pass/Goose Creek TrailIdaho · 295 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it52miles
Next to it
Salt Wells Wildlife Habitat Area of Critical Environmental Concern and Blue Springs Wildlife Habitat Area of Critical Environmental Concern touch 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 Central Pacific Railroad Grade. 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