Wyoming · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
New Fork Potholes ACEC
BLM found a natural system and a wildlife resource here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 4 rights of way inside the line today, and four grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 1,827 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
4 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 4 under non-energy facilities.
- Holder not listed by BLM2rights of way
- MCLTA LLC1right of way
- CENTURYTEL1right of way
Grazing allotments
4 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Allotment USFS-GRZ-10168.01049110,991acres
- Cora Stock Driveway4,272acres
- Noble Tracts Ind2,417acres
- Dack Individual1,245acres
The nearest areas
- Trapper's Point ACECWyoming · 9,468 acres · 27 rights of way, 8 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- Whiskey Mountain ACECWyoming · 13,879 acres · 2 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it33miles
- East Fork ACECWyoming · 36,563 acres · 4 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it42miles
- Beaver Creek ACECWyoming · 3,100 acres · 4 oil and gas leases, 1 right of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it49miles
- Big Sandy Openings ACECWyoming · 1,994 acres · 2 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it51miles
More from BLM's Wyoming office
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 New Fork Potholes 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