Synopsis:
The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks joined the Western Environmental Law Center, Center for Biological Diversity, WildEarth Guardians, Waterkeeper Alliance, Montana Environmental Information Center, Living Rivers & Colorado Riverkeeper, and Wyoming Outdoor Council in submitting comments on the Bureau of Land Management’s Draft Environmental Assessment for the Montana-Dakotas Third Quarter 2026 oil and gas lease sale. The proposed sale includes 66 federal mineral parcels.
The comments urge BLM to defer all proposed parcels until it completes a full programmatic environmental review of the federal fossil fuel leasing program. The groups argue that BLM must take a hard look at cumulative greenhouse gas emissions, climate impacts, water and wildlife harms, methane waste, and potential effects on public lands and national park resources, including areas near Theodore Roosevelt National Park.