Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Lears Canyon
BLM found a natural system here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 1 oil and gas lease inside the line today, and two grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 1,374 acres and was designated October 31, 2008, in the Vernal 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 lease and 2 grazing allotments below aren't marked.The oil and gas leases
1 active oil and gas lease sits inside the line. 1 of it took effect before the area was designated on October 31, 2008.
- A private individual, name withheld by this site1lease
Grazing allotments
2 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Parleys Canyon16,341acres
- Lears Canyon10,708acres
The nearest areas
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- Rock Art SitesUtah · 80 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it34miles
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 Lears 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