Wyoming · Area of Critical Environmental Concern
Trapper's Point ACEC
BLM found a wildlife resource, a cultural value and a historic value here, and its plan calls for special management. BLM's records place 27 rights of way inside the line today, and eight grazing allotments cover part of it. It covers 9,468 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
27 rights of way sit inside the line. BLM files 18 under non-energy facilities, 4 under fiber optic facilities, 4 under other energy facilities and 1 under oil & gas facilities.
- WYOMING STATE - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION6rights of way
- CENTURYTEL5rights of way
- SUBLETTE COUNTY (Wyoming)4rights of way
- PACIFICORP4rights of way
- Holder not listed by BLM3rights of way
- UNION TELEPHONE COMPANY1right of way
- SEVEN MILE RIVER RANCH LLC1right of way
- WYOMING DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION1right of way
- PINEDALE NAT GAS INC1right of way
- SUBLETTE COUNTY OF1right of way
Grazing allotments
8 grazing allotments cover part of this line. Their permittees aren't named here yet.
- Mesa Common56,084acres
- Cora Stock Driveway4,272acres
- West Cora Peak Ind2,560acres
- Noble Cora Peak Com2,354acres
- Daniel "Y"1,501acres
- Cora Y Com942acres
- Cora Peak Ind917acres
- Daniel Ridge Ind414acres
The nearest areas
- New Fork Potholes ACECWyoming · 1,827 acres · 4 rights of way, 4 grazing allotments covering part of it15miles
- Beaver Creek ACECWyoming · 3,100 acres · 4 oil and gas leases, 1 right of way, 2 grazing allotments covering part of it37miles
- Big Sandy Openings ACECWyoming · 1,994 acres · 2 rights of way, 3 grazing allotments covering part of it42miles
- Rock Creek ACECWyoming · 4,922 acres · 1 oil and gas lease, 1 right of way, 5 grazing allotments covering part of it45miles
- Whiskey Mountain ACECWyoming · 13,879 acres · 2 rights of way, 6 grazing allotments covering part of it45miles
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 Trapper's Point 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