Wyoming 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.

March (Q1) 2021 Lease Sale

Scoping (posted 7/7/2025)

  • Comments on the Preliminary Parcel List and Scoping Parcel Map are due Thursday, August 7, 2025. Comments must be submitted through the link provided to the electronic comment form under the Participate Now or Documents section of the 2026 First Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale ePlanning page. Additional information is available in the Press Release and on the BLM Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is proposing to offer 66 parcels / 94,465.23 acres. The proposed parcels are in Big Horn, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Johnson, Laramie, Niobrara, and Sweetwater Counties in the Buffalo, Casper, Newcastle, Rawlins, and Rock Springs Field Offices in eastern and central Wyoming.
  • Conflicts identified include
    • Overlaps with habitat for greater sage-grouse including priority habitat.
    • Crucial winter habitat for elk, mule deer, and pronghorn and mule deer migration corridors
    • Important habitat for black-tailed and white-tailed prairie dog including potential reintroduction sites for black-footed ferret
    • Species range for the rare Colorado Butterfly plant (Gaura neomexicana var. coloradensis)
    • Species range for the rare butterfly Western regal fritillary (Argynnis idalia occidentalis; ESA proposed threatened)
    • Citizen recommended wilderness areas (Adobe Town and Wild Cow Creek)
    • Chain Lakes State Wildlife Habitat Management Area
    • Area of Critical Environmental Concern (Sand Hills/JO Ranch)
    • Areas managed for historic trails
    • Low potential for oil and gas development (all parcels in areas identified in BLM Reasonable Foreseeable Development Scenarios as low potential are within 5 miles of producing wells)
  • Lease Sale Scoping Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values

December (Q4) 2025 Lease Sale

Draft Environmental Assessment (posted 6/16/2025)

  • Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are due Thursday, July 17, 2025. Comments must be submitted through the link provided to the electronic comment form under the Participate Now or Documents section of the 2025 Fourth Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale ePlanning page. Additional information is available in the Press Release and on the BLM Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is presenting two alternatives for leasing in December 2025. Alternative 2, the Proposed Action, proposes to offer 99 parcels / 84,010.80 acres. Alternative 3, the Modified Proposed Action, proposes to offer 86 parcels / 79,228.76. The proposed parcels are in Big Horn, Campbell, Carbon, Converse, Crook, Fremont, Laramie, Natrona, Niobrara, Sweetwater, and Weston Counties in the Buffalo, Casper, Lander, Newcastle, Rawlins, Rock Springs, and Worland Field Offices in eastern and central Wyoming.
  • Conflicts identified include
    • Overlaps with habitat for greater sage-grouse. Under Alternative 2, 94 of the proposed parcels are in greater sage-grouse habitat. Under Alternative 3, 80 of the proposed parcels are in greater sage-grouse habitat. 2 parcels, 1,147 acres in Alternative 2 significantly overlap priority habitat. None of the parcels in Alternative 3 significantly overlap priority habitat.
    • Crucial winter habitat for elk, mule deer, and pronghorn and mule deer migration corridors
    • Important habitat for black-tailed and white-tailed prairie dog including potential reintroduction sites for black-footed ferret
    • Species range for rare plants: blowout penstemon (Penstemon haydenii; ESA endangered), Colorado Butterfly plant (Gaura neomexicana var. coloradensis), and Ute ladies’-tresses (Spiranthes diluvialis; ESA threatened)
    • Species range for Preble’s meadow jumping mouse (ESA Threatened)
    • Lands identified as having wilderness characteristics (Little Pine Ridge and Rotten Springs)
    • Areas of Critical Environmental Concern (Greater Sand Dunes and Salt Creek Drainage)
    • Forest Service Roadless Area (Duck Creek in the Thunder Basin National Grasslands)
    • Greater Little Mountain proposed Master Leasing Plan area (Alternative 2 only)
    • Areas managed for historic trails
    • Low potential for development:
      • Under Alternative 2, Portions of 76 parcels are in areas identified as having a low potential for development in BLM Reasonably Foreseeable Development Potential documents.
      • Under Alternative 3, Portions of 63 parcels are in areas identified as having a low potential for development in BLM Reasonably Foreseeable Development Potential documents.
      • Under both Alternatives, 3 of the parcels in low potential areas are also more than 5 miles from producing wells (parcels WY-2025-12-7059, -7070, and -7073).
    • Human powered recreation footprint according to data from Outdoor Alliance
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA Alternative 2 Proposed Action Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA Alternative 2 Proposed Action ABI Screen, , a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA Alternative 3 Modified Proposed Action Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Parcels EA Alternative 3 Modified Proposed Action ABI Screen

Scoping (posted 4/8/2025)

September (Q3) 2025 Lease Sale

Sale Notice (posted 7/8/2025)

  • Protests on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are due by 4:00 pm Mountain Time Thursday, August 7, 2025. There is important information about how to protest in the Sale Notice. There is additional information on 2025 Third Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale ePlanning page, in the Press Release, and on the BLM Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is proposing to offer 32 parcels / 39,225.02 acres. The proposed parcels are in Campbell, Converse, Johnson, Natrona, Niobrara, and Sweetwater Counties in the Casper, Buffalo, Lander, and Rawlins Field Offices in eastern and central Wyoming.
  • Conflicts identified include
    • Overlaps with habitat for greater sage-grouse. All of the proposed parcels are in greater sage-grouse habitat including priority habitat.
    • Crucial winter habitat for mule deer and pronghorn
    • Important habitat for black-tailed and white-tailed prairie dog including potential reintroduction sites for black-footed ferret
    • Habitat for the Ute ladies’-tresses plant (Spiranthes diluvialis) that is listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
    • Habitat for the Western regal fritillary butterfly (Argynnis idalia occidentalis) that is proposed to be listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act
    • Lands identified as having wilderness characteristics (Madden and Red Creek)
    • Areas managed for historic trails
    • Private land with a conservation easement
    • Low potential for development:
      • All of the parcels in areas identified as having low potential for development in Reasonably Foreseeable Development Scenarios are within 5 miles of producing wells.
  • Lease Sale Parcels Sale Notice Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Parcels Sale Notice ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values

Draft Environmental Assessment (posted 4/14/2025)

Scoping (posted 1/31/2025)

Resources

*The Research Map doesn’t work in all web browsers. I was able to successfully access the map in the Firefox browser on a Windows PC on 6/17/2024.