Utah · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Wah Wah Mountains
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 four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 6,088 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
Ground: USGS The National Map, topographic tiles. Boundaries: BLM's own, read Oct 20, 2026. The 4 grazing allotments below aren't marked.Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Wah-Wah Lawson141,180acres
- Pine Valley46,438acres
- Hardpan45,450acres
- Voorhees25,716acres
The nearest areas
- Fossil MountainUtah · 680 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it19miles
- Snake Creek Indian Burial CaveNevada · 40 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it34miles
- Baker Archaeological SiteNevada · 76 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it42miles
- Baking Powder FlatNevada · 13,638 acres · 2 grazing allotments covering part of it48miles
- Shoshone PondsNevada · 1,241 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it50miles
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 Wah Wah Mountains. 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