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.

December (Q4) 2025 Lease Sale

Scoping (posted 4/8/2025)

  • Scoping comments on the Preliminary Parcel List are due Friday, May 9, 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 proposing to offer 99 parcels / 84,045.23 acres for lease in December 2025. 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. 91 of the proposed parcels are in greater sage-grouse habitat. 2 parcels, 1,147 acres 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
    • Areas managed for historic trails
    • Low potential for development:
      • Portions of 74 parcels are in areas identified as having a low potential for development in BLM Reasonably Foreseeable Development Potential documents.
      • Four of the parcels in low potential areas are more than 5 miles from producing wells (parcels WY-2025-12-7059, -7070, 7073. and -7413).
    • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
    • Lease Sale Parcels Scoping ABI Screen, a spreadsheet showing conflicts between the proposed parcels and important wildlife, wilderness and other resource values

September (Q3) 2025 Lease Sale

Draft Environmental Assessment (posted 4/14/2025)

  • Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) are due Thursday, May 15, 2025. Comments must be submitted through the link provided to the electronic comment form under the Participate Now or Documents section of the 2025 Third 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 either 37 parcels / 45,178 acres (Alternative 2 – Proposed Action) or 24 parcels / 32,681.92 acres (Alternative 3 – Modified Proposed Action) for lease in September 2025. 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. In Alternative 2, 5 parcels, 5,078 acres significantly overlap priority habitat. None of the parcels in Alternative 3 overlap greater sage-grouse habitat.
    • Crucial winter habitat for mule deer and pronghorn
    • Important habitat for white-tailed prairie dogs in Alternative 3 and for black-tailed and white-tailed prairie dog including potential reintroduction sites for black-footed ferret in Alternative 2
    • 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 (Alternative 2 only)
    • Low potential for development:
      • All of the parcels in areas identified as having low potential for development are within 5 miles of producing wells.
      • In Alternative 2, portions of 5 parcels are in areas identified as having a low potential for development in BLM Reasonably Foreseeable Development Potential document (parcels WY-2025-09-2070, -2091, -2092, -7390, and -7399).
      • In Alternative 3, portions of 4 parcels re in areas identified as having a low potential for development in BLM Reasonably Foreseeable Development Potential document (parcels WY-2025-09-2070, -2091, -2092, and -7399).
  • Lease Sale Parcels Draft EA Alternative 2, Proposed Action Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Parcels Draft EA Alternative 3, Modified Proposed Action Google Earth kmz | zipped shapefile
  • Lease Sale Parcels Draft 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 Draft EA Alternative 3, Proposed Action ABI Screen

Scoping (posted 1/31/2025)

June (Q2) 2025 Lease Sale

Sale Notice (posted 3/12/2025)

  • Protests on the Sale Notice, Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and Draft Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are due Friday, April 11, 2025. There is imporatn information on how to protest in the Sale Notice. Additional information is available on the 2025 Second Quarter Competitive Oil & Gas Lease Sale ePlanning page and on the BLM Wyoming Oil and Gas Lease Sales web site.
  • According to the website and documents, BLM is proposing to offer 29 parcels / 22,964.75 acres. The proposed parcels are in Campbell, Converse, Carbon, Fremont, Natrona, Niobrara, and Sweetwater Counties in the Buffalo, Casper, Newcastle, Rawlings, and Rock Springs 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. 2 parcels, 1,256 acres overlap priority habitat. All remaining parcels are in general habitat.
    • Crucial winter habitat for elk, mule deer, and pronghorn
    • Important habitat for black-tailed and white-tailed prairie dog including potential reintroduction sites for black-footed ferret
    • Kinny Rim community proposed wilderness
    • Areas managed for historic trails
    • Private land with a conservation easement
    • Low potential for development:
      • All of the parcels are within 5 miles of producing wells
      • Portions of 7 parcels are in areas identified as having a low potential for development in BLM Reasonably Foreseeable Development Potential document and are more than 2 miles from producing wells (parcels WY-2025-06-1671, -1889, -2057, -2058, -2062, -7382, and -7387)
  • 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 12/18/2024)

Scoping (posted 9/27/2024)

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.