Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Uranium Mining Districts
One of 4 areas BLM's Utah office names Uranium Mining Districts; this one is 874 acres. All of them. BLM found a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place no claim, lease or right of way inside the line today, and three grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 874 acres and was designated October 31, 2008, in the Price 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 3 grazing allotments below aren't marked.Grazing allotments
3 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Lone Tree121,014acres
- Red Canyon41,318acres
- Globe Link7,810acres
The nearest areas
- Heritage SitesUtah · 124 acres · at least 2 mining claims BLM lists as Filed, a grazing allotment covering part of it4miles
- Heritage SitesUtah · 2.8 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it4miles
- Muddy CreekUtah · 25,118 acres · at least 2 active mining claims, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it6miles
- Heritage SitesUtah · 60 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it9miles
- Rock Art SitesUtah · 43 acres · 5 grazing allotments covering part of it11miles
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 Uranium Mining Districts. 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