How have Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACECs) been considered during the planning process?
Currently the Price Field Office has 13 ACECs covering 273,000 acres. These ACECs have been designated to highlight specific significant resources or hazards where special management measures are needed to prevent irreparable damage. The ACEC designation enables land managers to specifically address the resource or hazard, while allowing other uses to occur that do not damage the resource or value of concern. Most of the potential ACECs being considered in the plan are located in the northern portion of the Field Office (The former Price River Resource Management Area). ACECs had not been considered in the existing management plan for this area. Some of the potential ACECs under consideration include Nine Mile Canyon, Range Creek, and Cleveland Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry. In many alternatives the existing ACECs have been carried forward because they have provided adequate protection for the resources in the past. Additions and/or adjustments to existing ACECs have also been considered in th
