Montana 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.

April 2024 Lease Sale

Environmental Assessment (Posted 11/16/2023)

  • The comment period runs through Monday, December 18, 2023. Information on how to comment and a link to an electronic comment form are available on the Montana/Dakotas April 2024 Oil and Gas Lease Sale ePlanning website (click on Home on the left panel for instructions and click on Documents or Participate Now for the comment link). Additional information is available in the Dear Reader Letter and general information is available on the Montana-Dakotas BLM Oil and Gas Leasing website.
  • According to the website, documents and GIS data, BLM is proposing to offer 18 parcels/4152 acres in the Havre Field Office in Montana (with additional parcels in North Dakota). The proposed parcels in Montana are located in Blaine, Hill, Liberty and Toole counties. The Montana were previously nominated and deferred from the September 2023 Lease Sale.
  • Conservation conflicts identified include parcels in a greater sage-grouse general habitat management area; land within 10 miles of the Nez Perce National Historical Park; a big game (multi-species) corridor priority region; and mule deer and pronghorn winter distribution areas.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping (Montana Only): Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen (Montana only), a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

September 2023 Lease Sale

Scoping (Posted 3/31/2023)

  • The comment period runs through Monday, May 1, 2023. Information on how to comment and a link to an electronic comment form are available on the Montana/Dakotas September 2023 Oil and Gas Lease Sale ePlanning website (click on Home on the left panel for instructions and click on Documents or Participate Now for the comment link). Additional information is available in the Dear Reader Letter and general information is available on the Montana-Dakotas BLM Oil and Gas Leasing website.
  • According to the website, documents and GIS data, BLM is proposing to offer 35 parcels/14977 acres in the Billings, Havre, Lewistown, Malta and Miles City Field Offices in Montana (with additional parcels in North Dakota). The proposed parcels in Montana are located in Blaine, Hill, Liberty, Musselshell, Petroleum, Phillips, Richland, Roosevelt, Toole and Yellowstone counties.
  • Conservation conflicts identified include parcels in a greater sage-grouse biologically significant unit, priority habitat management areas and general habitat management areas; the War Horse National Wildlife Refuge; land within 10 miles of the Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site; land within 10 miles of the Nez Perce National Historical Park; a big game (multi-species) corridor priority region; mule deer, pronghorn and whitetail deer winter distribution areas.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping (Montana Only): Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen (Montana only), a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

June 2023 Lease Sale

Environmental Assessment (Posted 3/10/2023)

  •  According to the website, documents and GIS data, BLM is proposing to offer 51 parcels/ 20,722.22 acres in North Dakota. This sale is managed by the Montana office but no parcels are proposed to be offered in Montana.
  • The comment period runs through Monday, April 10, 2023. Information on how to comment and a link to an electronic comment form are available on the Montana/Dakotas June 2023 Oil and Gas Lease Sale ePlanning website (click on Home on the left panel for instructions and click on Documents or Participate Now for the comment link). Additional information is available in the Press Release and general information is available on the Montana-Dakotas BLM Oil and Gas Leasing website.

Scoping (Posted 1/6/2023)

  • The comment period runs through Thursday, February 9, 2023. Information on how to comment and a link to an electronic comment form are available on the Montana/Dakotas June 2023 Oil and Gas Lease Sale ePlanning website (click on Home on the left panel for instructions and click on Documents or Participate Now for the comment link). Additional information is available in the Dear Reader Letter and general information is available on the Montana-Dakotas BLM Oil and Gas Leasing website.
  • According to the website, documents and GIS data, BLM is proposing to offer 1 parcel/226.7 acres in the Miles City Field Office in Montana (with additional parcels in North Dakota). The proposed parcel in Montana is located in Rosebud county.
  • Conservation conflicts identified include parcels in a greater sage-grouse general habitat management areas and pronghorn winter distribution areas.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping (Montana Only): Google Earth kmz | Zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen (Montana only), a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

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