Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Laketown Canyon
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a scenic value, a natural process, a fish resource and a natural hazard here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 2 rights of way inside the line today, and four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 15,299 acres and was designated June 1, 1980, in the Randolph MFP. In the plan's name, MFP stands for management framework 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
2 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 2 under non-energy facilities.
- LAKETOWN IRRIGATION CO1right of way
- LAKETOWN, TOWN OF (Utah)1right of way
Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Three Creeks84,403acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-6561651.01060248,332acres
- Laketown7,883acres
- Kearl4,547acres
The nearest areas
- Dairy Hollow RNAIdaho · 44 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it25miles
- Pine Gap RNAIdaho · 238 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it28miles
- Oneida Narrows RNAIdaho · 615 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it40miles
- Raymond Mountain ACECWyoming · 12,651 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it45miles
- Cushion Plant Community ACECWyoming · 62 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it48miles
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 Laketown Canyon. 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