Wyoming · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Beaver Creek ACEC
BLM found a wildlife resource and a fish resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 4 oil and gas leases and 1 right of way inside the line today, and two grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 3,100 acres and was designated November 26, 2008, in the Pinedale 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
1 right of way sits inside the line. BLM files 1 under non-energy facilities.
- EXXON CO USA1right of way
The oil and gas leases
4 active oil and gas leases sit inside the line. 4 of them took effect before the area was designated on November 26, 2008.
- Holder not listed by BLM2leases
- EXXONMOBIL CORP2leases
Grazing allotments
2 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- N. Labarge Com136,727acres
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10057.01049111,530acres
The nearest areas
- Rock Creek ACECWyoming · 4,922 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, 1 right of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it9miles
- Raymond Mountain ACECWyoming · 12,651 acres · 1 right of way, a grazing allotment covering part of it30miles
- Trapper's Point ACECWyoming · 9,468 acres · 27 rights of way, 8 grazing allotments covering part of it37miles
- Cushion Plant Community ACECWyoming · 62 acres · a grazing allotment covering part of it41miles
- Stump CreekIdaho · 2,475 acres · 2 rights of way, 10 grazing allotments covering part of it41miles
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Every area BLM's Wyoming 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 Beaver Creek ACEC. 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