Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Cottonwood-Diamond Watershed
BLM found a natural system and a natural hazard here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and nine grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 35,066 acres and was designated October 31, 2008, in the Moab Field Office 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 9 grazing allotments below aren't marked.Grazing allotments
9 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Cisco154,006acres
- Bogart70,028acres
- Middle Canyon63,363acres
- Cisco Mesa57,704acres
- Mcclelland55,384acres
- Cottonwood32,153acres
- Diamond21,375acres
- Pear Park15,827acres
- West Water Point5,045acres
The nearest areas
- Badger Wash ACECColorado · 2,244 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it32miles
- Ten Mile WashUtah · 4,988 acres · at least 7 mining claims BLM lists as Filed, a grazing allotment covering part of it43miles
- The Palisade ACECColorado · 32,197 acres · 5 rights of way, 17 grazing allotments covering part of it44miles
- Dry Lake Archaeological DistrictUtah · 18,010 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it44miles
- Unaweep Seep ACECColorado · 84 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it45miles
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 Cottonwood-Diamond Watershed. 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