List of Areas of Critical Environmental Concern in Colorado

The United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has designated 66 Areas of Critical Environmental Concern in the State of Colorado.

Colorado ACECs

  • Adobe Badlands[1] – 6,783 acres (27.45 km2)
  • American Basin[2] – 1,595 acres (6.45 km2)
  • Anasazi Culture[2] – 156,000 acres (631 km2)
  • Arkansas Canyonlands[2] – 23,921 acres (96.80 km2)
  • Badger Wash – 1,520 acres (6.15 km2)
  • Beaver Creek – 12,081 acres (48.89 km2)
  • Black's Gulch – 800 acres (3.24 km2)
  • Blanca Wildlife Habitat Area – 8,600 acres (34.8 km2)
  • Blue Hill – 4,178 acres (16.91 km2)
  • Browns Canyon – 11,697 acres (47.34 km2)
  • Bull Gulch – 10,214 acres (41.33 km2)
  • Coal Draw – 1,840 acres (7.45 km2)
  • Coal Oil Rim – 3,210 acres (12.99 km2)
  • Cross Mountain Canyon – 3,000 acres (12.14 km2)
  • Cucharas Canyon – 1,866 acres (7.55 km2)
  • Cumbres and Toltec Railroad – 3,824 acres (15.48 km2)
  • Debris Hazard – 7,126 acres (28.84 km2)
  • Deep Creek – 2,470 acres (10.00 km2)
  • Deer Gulch – 1,810 acres (7.32 km2)
  • Dillon Pinnacles – 532 acres (2.15 km2)
  • Droney Gulch – 705 acres (2.85 km2)
  • Duck Creek – 3,430 acres (13.88 km2)
  • Dudley Bluffs – 1,630 acres (6.60 km2)
  • East Douglas Creek – 47,610 acres (192.67 km2)
  • Elephant Rocks – 1,338 acres (5.41 km2)
  • Escalante Canyon – 1,895 acres (7.67 km2)
  • Fairview[1] – 377 acres (1.53 km2)
  • Fruita Paleo Quarry – 280 acres (1.13 km2)
  • Garden Park National Natural Landmark – 2,728 acres (11.04 km2)
  • Grape Creek – 15,978 acres (64.66 km2)
  • Gunnison Gravels – 5 acres (0.02 km2)
  • Irish Canyon – 11,680 acres (47.27 km2)
  • Kremling Ammonite Site Research Natural Area[2] – 160 acres (0.65 km2)
  • Limestone Ridge – 1,350 acres (5.46 km2)
  • Lookout Mountain – 6,500 acres (26.30 km2)
  • Los Mogotes – 33,456 acres (135.39 km2)
  • Lower Colorado River – 9,000 acres (36 km2)
  • Lower Greasewood Creek – 210 acres (0.85 km2)
  • Moosehead Mountain – 8,940 acres (36.18 km2)
  • Mosquito Pass – 4,036 acres (16.33 km2)
  • Needle Rock[1] – 80 acres (0.32 km2)
  • North Park Phaceila – 300 acres (1.21 km2)
  • Oil Spring Mountain – 18,260 acres (73.90 km2)
  • Phantom Canyon – 6,096 acres (24.67 km2)
  • Pyramid Rock – 470 acres (1.90 km2)
  • Rabbit Valley Research Natural Area – 280 acres (1.13 km2)
  • Rajadero Canyon – 3,632 acres (14.70 km2)
  • Raven Ridge – 4,980 acres (20.15 km2)
  • Red Cloud Peak – 5,947 acres (24.07 km2)
  • Rio Grande – 2,830 acres (11.45 km2)
  • Rough Canyon – 1,470 acres (5.95 km2)
  • Ryan Gulch – 1,440 acres (5.83 km2)
  • San Luis Hills/Flattop – 29,261 acres (118.42 km2)
  • San Miguel River[1] – 20,964 acres (84.84 km2)
  • Sand Castle – 3,595 acres (14.55 km2)
  • Slumgullion National Natural Landmark – 1,407 acres (5.69 km2)
  • South Beaver Creek – 4,565 acres (18.47 km2)
  • South Cathedral Bluffs – 1,330 acres (5.38 km2)
  • Tabeguache Creek – 440 acres (1.78 km2)
  • The Palisade – 19,178 acres (77.61 km2)
  • Thompson Creek – 4,286 acres (17.34 km2)
  • Trickle Mountain – 44,521 acres (180.17 km2)
  • Unaweep Seep Research Natural Area – 37 acres (0.15 km2)
  • West Antelope Creek – 28,215 acres (114.18 km2)
  • White River Riparian – 950 acres (3.84 km2)
  • Yanks Gulch/Upper Greasewood Creek – 2,680 acres (10.85 km2)

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Draft Evaluation of Proposed and Existing Areas of Critical Environmental Concern for the Uncompahgre Planning Area" (PDF). United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. June 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "BLM Colorado: Land Use Planning - Areas of Critical Environmental Concern". United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management. August 12, 2008. Archived from the original on May 30, 2010. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
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