Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Salt Wells Wildlife Habitat Area
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a natural process and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 2 rights of way inside the line today, and two grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 5,698 acres and was designated January 14, 1998, in the Box Elder 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
2 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities and 1 under other energy facilities.
- THIOKOL CORP1right of way
- PACIFICORP DBA UPL1right of way
Grazing allotments
2 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Salt Wells33,281acres
- Golden Spike5,386acres
The nearest areas
- Central Pacific Railroad GradeUtah · 4,921 acres · 1 right of way, 14 grazing allotments covering part of it17miles
- Blue Springs Wildlife Habitat AreaUtah · 5,750 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it21miles
- Old Juniper TownsiteIdaho · 3.4 acres · nothing placed inside32miles
- Jim Sage Canyon RNAIdaho · 654 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it50miles
- Oneida Narrows RNAIdaho · 615 acres · 3 grazing allotments covering part of it61miles
Next to it
Central Pacific Railroad Grade Area of Critical Environmental Concern touches the line.
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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 Salt Wells Wildlife Habitat Area. 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