Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Red Creek Watershed
BLM found a natural system here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 15 oil and gas leases and 9 rights of way inside the line today, and nine grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 26,061 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
The rights of way
9 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 5 under non-energy facilities, 3 under oil & gas facilities and 1 under other energy facilities.
- DAGGETT COUNTY (Utah)2rights of way
- MOUNTAINWEST PIPELINE, LLC2rights of way
- MOUNTAINWEST PIPELINE LLC2rights of way
- PACIFIC POWER1right of way
- SIMPLOT PHOSPHATES LLC1right of way
- UNION TELEPHONE COMPANY1right of way
The oil and gas leases
15 active oil and gas leases sit inside the line. 13 of them took effect before the area was designated on October 31, 2008.
- DOMINION ENERGY QUESTAR PIPELINE LLC11leases
- A private individual, name withheld by this site2leases
- Holder not listed by BLM1lease
- COCHRANE RES INC1lease
Grazing allotments
9 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Red Creek69,104acres
- Goslin Mountain36,247acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10002.01039114,235acres
- Clay Basin13,490acres
- Willow Creek12,194acres
- Bridgeport10,714acres
- Red Creek Flat9,680acres
- Clay Basin Meadows5,405acres
- Three Corners2,198acres
The nearest areas
- Browns ParkUtah · 18,506 acres · 9 rights of way, 9 grazing allotments covering part of it6miles
- Little Mountain ACECWyoming · 115,571 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, 20 rights of way, 10 grazing allotments covering part of it12miles
- Irish Canyon ACECColorado · 11,922 acres · 4 grazing allotments covering part of it26miles
- Pine Springs ACECWyoming · 6,486 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it32miles
- Red Mountain-Dry ForkUtah · 24,326 acres · at least 199 active mining claims and 13 more BLM lists as Filed, 53 rights of way, 14 grazing allotments covering part of it34miles
Next to it
Greater Red Creek Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Red Creek Watershed) touches 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 Red Creek 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