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.

Fourth Quarter 2023 Lease Sale

Scoping (posted 12/20/2022)

  • Scoping comments for the proposed Utah Fourth Quarter 2023 Lease Sale must be received by 4:30 pm MST Thursday, January 19, 2023. There is important information about how to comment on the Utah 2023 Oil and Gas Competitive Lease Sale E-Planning website. There is additional information in the Press Release.
  • According to the documents, Utah Bureau of Land Management is proposing to offer 13 parcels/16,619.25 acres in Uintah County in the Vernal Field Office in the Green River District.
  • Rocky Mountain Wild has prepared a screen showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values. Conflicts identified include:
    • Habitat for greater sage-grouse
    • Critical habitat for Colorado pikeminnow
    • Important habitat for rare plants (Astragalus duchesnensis and Penstemon grahamii) including habitat that was previously designated as critical habitat
    • Important habitat for white-tailed prairie dog
    • Black-footed ferret management area
    • Crucial winter habitat for elk and crucial winter and fawning habitat for mule deer and pronghorn
    • Lands with wilderness characteristics including areas included in legislative wilderness proposals
    • One parcel directly adjacent to the Winter Ridge Wilderness Study Area
    • Parcels within 10 miles of Dinosaur National Monument
    • Human-powered Recreation Footprint defined by Outdoor Alliance
  • Scoping Parcels: Google Earth kmz | Zipped Shapefile
  • Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Third Quarter 2023 Lease Sale

Environmental Assessment (posted 3/20/2023)

  • Comments for the proposed Utah Third Quarter 2023 Lease Sale Environmental Assessment must be received by 4:30 pm MT Wednesday, April 19, 2022. There is important information about how to comment on the Utah 2023 Oil and Gas Competitive Lease Sale E-Planning website. There is additional information in the Press Release.
  • According to the Environmental Assessment, Utah Bureau of Land Management is analyzing offering either 18 parcels/31,808 acres in Alternative A, the Proposed Action or 14 parcels/26,853.94 acres in Alternative B, the Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Avoidance Alternative. The parcels analyzed in Alternative A are in Sanpete and Wayne counties on lands managed by the Richfield Field Office and by Fishlake National Forest. The parcels analyzed in Alternative B are in Sanpete County in the Richfield Field Office.
  • Rocky Mountain Wild has prepared a screen showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Conflicts identified in Alternative A, the Proposed Action, include:
    • Habitat for greater-sage grouse including priority habitat management areas
    • Inventoried roadless areas in Fishlake National Forest
    • Lands within 10 miles of Capitol Reef National Park
    • Crucial winter habitat for mule deer
  • Conflicts identified in Alternative B, the Greater Sage-Grouse Habitat Avoidance Alternative, include:
    • Crucial winter habitat for mule deer
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA Alternative A: Google Earth (kmz) | GIS Data (zipped shapefile)
  • EA Alternative A: ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA Alternative B: Google Earth (kmz) | GIS Data (zipped shapefile)
  • EA Alternative B: ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values.

Scoping (posted 11/21/2022)

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