ROCKY MOUNTAIN WILD * COALITION TO PROTECT AMERICA’S NATIONAL PARKS * NATIONAL PARKS CONSERVATION ASSOCIATION * NEW MEXICO WILDLIFE FEDERATION * THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY
October 27, 2025
Bureau of Land Management
Utah State Office
Attention: Christina Price
440 West 200 South, Suite 500
Salt Lake City, UT 84101-1345
SUBMITTED VIA E-PLANNING
Re: Scoping comments on parcels under consideration for inclusion in the BLM Utah 2026 First Quarter Oil and Gas Lease Sale (DOI-BLM-UT-0000-2026-0001-EA)
To whom it may concern:
Thank you for the opportunity to submit these scoping comments on parcels under consideration for inclusion in the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM’s) Utah 2026 First Quarter Oil and Gas Lease Sale. Our organizations and members are deeply invested in sound stewardship of public lands and committed to ensuring that public land management prioritizes the health and resilience of ecosystems, benefits the public and local communities, protects biodiversity, and mitigates the impacts of climate change.
For this sale, the BLM is considering 59 parcels covering 71,787 acres. As the BLM prepares for this lease sale and evaluates which parcels to offer for lease, the agency must continue to abide by its obligations under the law and existing policy, including the Fluid Mineral Leases and Leasing Process Rule (Leasing Rule), which implements program reforms and provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act. In carrying out this lease sale, the BLM must comply with all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations and all federal court rulings.
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