Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Ten Mile Wash
BLM found a natural system, a wildlife resource, a cultural value and a natural hazard here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place at least 7 mining claims BLM lists as Filed inside the line today, and a grazing allotment covers part of it. It covers 4,988 acres and was designated October 31, 2008, in the Moab 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
Who holds the claims
At least 7 claims sit inside this line: 0 active and 7 filed and pending, 7 with a holder BLM names. BLM lists 7 as Filed. None of the 7 claims was located before the area was designated.
- AMERICAN POTASH CORP7claims
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.
Grazing allotments
A grazing allotment covers part of this line. Its permittee isn't named here yet.
- Tenmile Point49,094acres
The nearest areas
- Bowknot BendUtah · 1,087 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it8miles
- Dry Lake Archaeological DistrictUtah · 18,010 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it8miles
- Highway 279 / Shafer Basin / Long CanyonUtah · 12,626 acres · at least 62 active mining claims, 3 oil and gas leases, 12 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it23miles
- Uranium Mining DistrictsUtah · 1,939 acres · at least 56 active mining claims and 20 more BLM lists as Filed, 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it26miles
- Big Flat TopsUtah · 192 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it28miles
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 Ten Mile Wash. 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