Utah Upcoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales

The Oil & Gas Lease Sales map below shows parcels proposed to be offered for lease by the Bureau of Land Management. This interactive map shows current and upcoming lease sales and their conflicts with wildlife and natural areas. More information on upcoming leases is shown below the map.

Advice on how to use the map: Zoom in for more detail. Select the layer list icon in the upper left, expand and turn on conservation_conflicts and other layers and sublayers. Click on parcels or conservation conflict areas for more information. Scroll through pop-ups for multiple overlapping areas by clicking on the right triangle/arrow.

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June (Second Quarter) 2026 Lease Sale

Draft Environmental Assessment (posted 2/27/2025)

  • The Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for Utah Bureau of Land Management’s proposed June (Q2) 2026 lease sale is now available. The comment period ends Monday, March 30, 2026. There is important information on how to comment on the Utah 2026 Second Quarter Oil and Gas Competitive Lease Sale ePlanning website. There is additional information in the Press Release and on the Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sales Web Page.
  • According to the press release and documents, Utah Bureau of Land Management is analyzing two alternatives for the sale in addition to the no action alternative. Alternative A, the Proposed Action, analyzes offering 39 parcels/54,113.93 acres for leases for oil and gas development. Alternative B, the Unita Basin Hookless Cactus Avoidance Alternative, analyzes offering 35 parcels /47,532.40 acres. The parcels being proposed are in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah County in the Moab and Vernal Field Offices.
  • Rocky Mountain Wild has prepared a screen showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Wildlife and plant conflicts identified:
    • Critical Habitat for Colorado pikeminnow and current species range for bonytail, Colorado pikeminnow, and razorback sucker. All three species are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
    • Management area for ESA endangered black-footed ferret and white-tailed prairie dog areas.
    • Current species range for ESA threatened Mexican spotted owl
    • Current species range for ESA threatened Ute ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis)
    • Crucial winter habitat for mule deer
    • Crucial fawning habitat for pronghorn and crucial calving habitat for elk
  • Wildlands conflicts identified:
    • Lands identified as having wilderness characteristics by the Bureau of Land Management and by conservation organizations
    • Lands proposed for Wilderness Designation by the U.S. Congress in the Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act
    • Lands within 10 miles of Arches National Park
  • Parcels overlapping lands identified as having low potential for oil and gas development. These parcels are also more than 5 miles from producing oil and gas wells.
  • Overlaps with the human-powered recreation footprint identified by Outdoor Alliance
  • Note that the scoping screen identified parcels that overlapped general habitat for greater sage-grouse. That analysis was done with data prepared in 2022. The current analysis was done using the data released with the Greater Sage-Grouse Resource Management Plan Amendment in December 2025. The proposed parcels do not overlap with that version of the greater sage-grouse habitat.
  • Draft EA Alternative A, Proposed Action Google Earth kmz | Zipped Shapefile
  • Draft EA Alternative B, Unita Basin Hookless Cactus Avoidance Alternative Google Earth kmz | Zipped Shapefile
  • Draft EA Alternative A, Proposed Action ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Draft EA Alternative B, Unita Basin Hookless Cactus Avoidance Alternative ABI Screen

Scoping (posted 12/15/2025)

March 31 (First Quarter) 2026 Lease Sale

Sale Notice (posted 1/30/2026)

  • The Sale Notice and updated Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the March 2026 oil and gas lease sale is now available. This started a 30-day comment period. The comment period closes Monday, March 2, 2026. The sale is scheduled to occur on March 31, 2026. There is important information about how to protest on the There is important information on how to protest on the Utah 2026 First Quarter Oil and Gas Competitive Lease Sale ePlanning website and in the Sale Notice that can be downloaded from that site. There is additional information in the Press Release and on the Utah Oil and Gas Lease Sales Web Page.
  • According to the website and documents, the Bureau is proposing to offer 57 parcels / 68,632.20 acres in Grand, San Juan, and Uintah County in the Moab, Monticello, and Vernal Field Offices.
  • Rocky Mountain Wild has prepared a screen showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Wildlife and plant conflicts identified:
    • General habitat for greater sage-grouse including brood and winter habitat
    • Critical Habitat for Colorado pikeminnow and current species ranges for bonytail, Colorado pikeminnow, and razorback sucker. All three species are listed as endangered under the Endangered Species Act (ESA)
    • Habitat for ESA threatened Mexican spotted owl
    • Rare plant areas:
      • Occurrences and proposed critical habitat for Graham’s beardtongue (Penstemon grahamii)
      • Occurrences of Duchesne milkvetch (Astragalus duchesnensis)
      • Current species range for ESA threatened Ute ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis; ESA threatened)
    • Crucial winter habitat for elk and mule deer
    • Crucial fawning habitat for pronghorn
  • Wildlands conflicts identified:
    • Lands identified by the Bureau of Land Management and conservation organizations as having wilderness characteristics
    • Lands proposed for Wilderness Designation by the U.S. Congress in the Americas Red Rock Wilderness Act
    • Lands within 10 miles of Dinosaur National Monument
  • 1 parcel (UTUT106778512) overlaps lands identified as having low potential for oil and gas development. This parcel is also more than 5 miles from producing oil and gas wells.
  • Overlaps with the human-powered recreation footprint identified by Outdoor Alliance
  • Sale Notice Parcels: Google Earth kmz | Zipped Shapefile
  • Sale Notice ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Draft Environmental Assessment (posted 12/1/2025)

Scoping (posted 9/24/2025)

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