Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Pavant Butte
BLM found a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place at least 95 active mining claims (and 12 more BLM lists as Filed) and 1 geothermal lease inside the line today, and three grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 2,491 acres and was designated March 30, 1987, in the Warm Springs 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
Who holds the claims
At least 107 claims sit inside this line: 95 active and 12 filed and pending, 107 with a holder BLM names. BLM lists 95 as Active and 12 as Filed.
- PVT MATERIALS LLC107claims
BLM's mining rules list designated ACECs among the places where mining that disturbs the surface beyond casual use needs a plan of operations BLM approves. Exploration of five acres or less can go ahead on a notice instead.
The geothermal leases
1 active geothermal lease sits inside the line. 0 of it took effect before the area was designated on March 30, 1987.
- SEVIER DESERT RESOURCES, LLC1lease
Not counted: 2 more leases BLM lists as Closed.
Grazing allotments
3 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Deseret317,317acres
- Holden Winter38,641acres
- Stott-Rowley16,438acres
The nearest areas
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- Rockwell Natural AreaUtah · 9,630 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it41miles
- Fossil MountainUtah · 680 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it52miles
- Wah Wah MountainsUtah · 6,088 acres · 4 grazing allotments covering part of it66miles
- Old Woman FrontUtah · 331 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it66miles
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 Pavant Butte. 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