BLM LUPA Conservation Designations - Under the Approved LUPA, the following conservation designations are approved: ACECs and Wildlife Allocations. The Approved LUPA also identifies California Desert National Conservation Lands under the Omnibus Act.
Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC). BLM conservation designation on BLM-administered 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 of processes, or to protect life and safety from natural hazards.
Wildlife Allocation (WA). BLM conservation designation on BLM-administered lands where management emphasizes wildlife values.
California Energy Commission Siting, Transmission and Environmental Protection Division: Plan and implement the environmentally responsible deployment of renewable energy technologies and transmission infrastructure in California.