page_title: Area of Critical Environmental Concern
hierarchical_section_title: Area of Critical Environmental Concern
caption_attribution_description: English: Faded signage for Jawbone-Butterbredt Area of Critical Environmental Concern along California State Route 178.
context_page_description: Areas of Critical Environmental Concern is a conservation ecology program in the Western United States, managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The ACEC program was conceived in the 1976 Federal Lands Policy and Management Act, which established the first conservation ecology mandate for the BLM. The FLPMA mandate directs the BLM to protect important riparian corridors, threatened and endangered species habitats, cultural and archeological resources, as well as unique scenic landscapes that the agency assesses as in need of special management attention.
context_section_description: Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC) is a conservation ecology program in the Western United States, managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The ACEC program was conceived in the 1976 Federal Lands Policy and Management Act (FLPMA), which established the first conservation ecology mandate for the BLM. The FLPMA mandate directs the BLM to protect important riparian corridors, threatened and endangered species habitats, cultural and archeological resources, as well as unique scenic landscapes that the agency assesses as in need of special management attention.
caption: Faded signage for the Jawbone-Butterbredt ACEC in the Mojave Desert
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