ACEC

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIORBUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
Montana/Dakotas

ACEC STATUS REPORT

Current as of 6/10/2009

State	Office Code	ACEC Name	Designation Date	Size (Acres)	Reason for Designation	RMP
MT	Missoula	Rattler Gulch Limestone Cliffs	01/10/86	20	Geological	Garnet
MT	Great Falls	Kevin Rim	09/20/88	4,657	Fish & Wildlife, Cultural Resources, Recreation	West HiLine
MT	Lewistown	Cow Creek	09/20/88	14,000	Riparian, Natural Hazard, Geological, Scenic, Natural System	West HiLine
MT	Great Falls	Sweetgrass Hills	01/29/92	7,952	Cultural, T&E, Wildlife, Recreation	West HiLine
MT	Missoula	Squaw Rock	02/02/94	640	Fish, Wildlife, Recreation,Scenic	Garnet
MT	Missoula	Bear Creek Flats	02/02/94	564	Riparian, Fish, T&E Species, Wildlife, Oldgrowth Pine, Recreation	Garnet
MT	Lewistown	Judith Mountains Scenic Area	09/19/94	3,702	Scenic, Wildlife, Recreation	JVP
MT	Lewistown	Acid Shale-Pine Forest	09/19/94	2,463	Endemic Plant Community	JVP
MT	Lewistown	Square Butte ONA	09/19/94	1,947	Natural Endemic Systems, Cultural, Scenic, Geologic	JVP
MT	Lewistown	Collar Gulch	09/19/94	1,618	Westslope Cutthroat Trout	JVP
MT	Malta	Azure Cave	09/19/94	140	Cave Resources, Bats	JVP
MT	Malta	Big Bend of the Milk River	09/19/94	2,120	Archaeological Resources	JVP
MT	Malta	Prairie Dog Towns	09/19/94	12,346	Habitat For Black-Footed Ferret Reintroduction	JVP
MT	Miles City	Big Sheep Mountain	04/22/96	360	Cultural	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Hoe	04/22/96	144	Cultural	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Jordan Bison Kill	04/22/96	160	Cultural	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Powder River Depot	04/22/96	1,386	Cultural	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Seline	04/22/96	80	Cultural	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Ash Creek Divide	04/22/96	7,931	Paleo	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Bug Creek	04/22/96	3,840	Paleo	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Hell Creek	04/22/96	19,169	Paleo	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Sand Arroyo	04/22/96	9,056	Paleo	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Smoky Butte	04/22/96	80	Geology,Recreation	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Black-footed Ferret	04/22/96	11,166	Wildlife	Big Dry
MT	Miles City	Piping Plover	04/22/96	16	Wildlife	Big Dry
MT	Billings	Pompeys Pillar	08/01/96	470	Historic, Cultural, Recreation	Billings
MT	South Dakota	Fort Meade Recreation Area	09/26/96	6,700	Historic, Cultural	South Dakota
MT	Billings	Bridger Fossil	03/10/99	575	Paleontology	Billings
MT	Billings	Castle Butte	03/10/99	185	Cultural	Billings
MT	Billings	East Pryor Mountains	03/10/99	29,500	Wildlife, Wild Horses, Paleontology	Billings
MT	Billings	Meeteetse Spires	03/10/99	960	Rare Plant, Hazardous Cliffs, Scenery	Billings
MT	Billings	Petroglyph Canyon	03/10/99	240	Cultural	Billings
MT	Billings	Stark Site	03/10/99	800	Cultural	Billings
MT	Billings	Weatherman Draw	03/10/99	4,268	Cultural	Billings
MT	Miles City	Battle Butte	03/10/99	120	Cultural	Powder River
MT	Miles City	Finger Buttes	03/10/99	1,520	Scenery	Powder River
MT	Miles City	Howrey Island	03/10/99	321	T&E Wildlife	Powder River
MT	Miles City	Reynolds Battlefield	03/10/99	336	Cultural	Powder River
MT	South Dakota	Fossil Cycad	03/10/99	320	Paleontology	South Dakota
MT	Billings	Four Dances	05/03/02	765	Cultural, Scenic Values, Natural Hazards, Peregrine Falcon Habitat	Billings
MT	Malta	Bitter Creek	0808/03	59,600	Vegetation, Landscape, Prairie Grassland	JVP
MT	Malta	Mountain Plover	08/08/03	24,730	Wildlife, Vegetation, Soils	JVP
MT	Dillon	Beaverhead Rock	2/7/06	120	Historic petroglyphs mentioned in the journals of Lewis and Clark	Dillon
MT	Dillon	Block Mountain	2/7/06	8,661	Exceptional fold and thrust belt structures for teaching geological field mapping	Dillon
MT	Dillon	Blue Lake	2/7/06	430	Axoloti is a neotenic form of tiger salamander that retains gills and an aquatic liefstyle from living in a cold environment with no fish	Dillon
MT	Dillon	Centennial Mountains	2/7/06	40,715	Habitat for grizzly bear, lynx, and wolf; use as a wildlife migration area; outstanding scenic value; and only occurrence in Montana of Whipple's beardtongue	Dillon
MT	Dillon	Centennial Sandhills	2/7/06	1,040	Contains one of only two sand dunes in Montana and habitat for special status plant species	Dillon
MT	Dillon	Everson Creek	2/7/06	8,608	One of the oldest archaeological sites in Montana--cultural chert quarry and workshop sites	Dillon
MT	Dillon	Muddy Creek/Big Sheep Creek	2/7/06	13, 097	Scenic and cultural resource values including pictograph and rock sites	Dillon
MT	Dillon	Virginia City Historic District	2/7/06	513	Historic properties for mining and settlement of Virginia City	Dillon
MT	Butte	Sleeping Giant	7/31/84 4/20/09	11,679	Recreation, scenic, fish, and wildlife Outstanding scenic qualities; diverse upland and aquatic habitat for wildlife and fish. (The original designation of 11,609 acres in the Headwaters RMP did not use GIS to determine the acreage. This designation used GIS and determined the correct acreage should be 11,679. the boundary remains the same.)	Headwaters Butte
MT	Butte	Elkhorn Mountains	4/20/09	50,431	Important cultural/historic sites; diverse upland and aquatic habitat for wildlife and fish; unique national management area	Butte
MT	Butte	Humbug Spires	4/20/09	8,374	Outstanding scenic qualities; diverse upland and aquatic habitat for plants, wildlife, and fish	Butte
MT	Butte	Ringing Rocks	4/20/09	160	Rare and unique geological rock feature	Butte