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    • BLM AZ Areas of Critical Environmental Concern

    Metadata Updated: September 26, 2025

    ACECs are authorized in Section 202 (c)(3) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976 (FLPMA, P.L. 94-579). ACECs include public lands where special management attention and direction is needed to protect and prevent irreparable damage to important historic, cultural, and scenic values, fish, or wildlife resources or other natural systems or processes; or to protect human life and safety from natural hazards. ACEC designation indicates the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recognizes the significant values of the area and intends to implement management to protect and enhance the resource values.This dataset depicts boundaries of areas considered, nominated, and designated as areas of critical environmental concern (ACEC). Federal Land and Policy Management Act Section 103 (43 US Code 1702[a]) and 43 Code of Federal Regulations 1601.0-5(a) describes ACECS as ‘areas within the public lands where special management attention is required to protect and prevent irreparable damage to important historic, cultural, or scenic values, fish and wildlife resources or other natural systems or processes, or to protect life and safety from natural hazards.”

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: us-pd

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 26, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from DOI BLM DCAT-US

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date September 25, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date September 26, 2025
    Publisher Bureau of Land Management
    Maintainer
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    Data First Published 2022-05-27T20:49:37Z
    Data Last Modified 2025-02-03T01:16:57Z
    Category geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 010:04
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    Homepage URL https://gbp-blm-egis.hub.arcgis.com/datasets/BLM-EGIS::blm-az-areas-of-critical-environmental-concern
    License http://www.usa.gov/publicdomain/label/1.0/
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -124.8608,49.3844,-66.8851,24.3963
    Program Code 010:000
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