Press Releases

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 54 oil and gas parcels totaling 58,601 acres that may be included in a March 2027 lease sale in Utah.

The Bureau of Land Management leased 40 parcels totaling 2,777 acres in the Wayne National Forest in Ohio for $11,097,693 in total receipts during a quarterly oil and gas lease sale, held yesterday.

The Bureau of Land Management began work today in the Wyoming Bighorn Basin’s Fifteenmile Herd Management Area to strengthen the long‑term health of the wild horse herd and the rangelands they rely on.

The Bureau of Land Management celebrates the winners of the 2026 Rangeland Stewardship and Innovation Awards. There are two permittee and two collaborative team winners, one each in stewardship and innovation.

Delivering on the Trump administration’s promise to expand American energy production and strengthen U.S. energy dominance, the Bureau of Land Management is offering opportunities for reliable energy development on public lands with a competitive geothermal lease sale on Oct. 27, 2026. The auction will be held online via EnergyNet, offering 19 parcels, approximately 40,000 acres in Modoc, Sonoma, Lake, Mono, Inyo, and Imperial counties in California.

The Bureau of Land Management recently held two quarterly oil and gas lease sales in Wyoming and Colorado, to the tune of $87,280,361 in total revenue.

The BLM has begun public scoping on 38 proposed oil and gas lease parcels in Colorado, totaling about 66,221 acres, that are under consideration for a March 2027 federal lease sale. Comments are welcome through Oct. 9.

The Bureau of Land Management will begin a wild horse gather today in the Challis Herd Management Area, approximately 20 miles south of Challis in Custer County, Idaho. The gather is necessary to protect the health of the wild horses that depend on the area’s rangelands, particularly during the winter, which have been heavily strained by long-term overpopulation and drought conditions.

BLM and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe are beginning a planning process for future tribal trust oil and gas development in the Mancos Shale. Public scoping meeting Sept. 24 in Ignacio. Comments due Oct. 9.

The Bureau of Land Management extended the comment period on proposed 30-year right-of-way renewal for Alaska’s famed Trans Alaska Pipeline System. The scoping period now closes on Sept. 17, 2026.

Public lands in southeastern New Mexico will advance the nation's surge toward Energy Dominance under a proposed final revision to a land-use plan for the Carlsbad Field Office.

The proposed rule aims to cut red tape and accelerate infrastructure development across the 23-million-acre National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska.

The Bureau of Land Management is considering a proposal to allow "no surface occupancy" oil and gas leasing on about 5,200 acres of the federal mineral estate underlying the Ouray National Wildlife Refuge near Vernal.

Fire restrictions remain in effect on all BLM public lands in Oregon and Washington as the region faces a record setting wildfire season. More than 2.5 million acres have already burned across the Northwest.

The Bureau of Land Management opens a 15-day scoping period on a proposed renewal of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System’s right-of-way.

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on three oil and gas parcels totaling 5,230 acres that may be included in a March 2027 lease sale in Nevada.

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 60 oil and gas parcels totaling 18,565 acres that may be included in a January 2027 lease sale in Montana/Dakotas.

The Bureau of Land Management today announced an oil and gas lease sale scheduled for October 27, 2026, to offer 20 oil and gas parcels totaling 3,388 acres in the Montana/Dakotas.

The BLM today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 43 oil and gas parcels totaling 74,550 acres in Utah in a December 2026 sale. The comment period ends September 21, 2026.

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 44 oil and gas parcels totaling approximately 36,000 acres in Kern, Kings, San Luis Obispo, and Fresno counties in California in a December 2026 oil and gas lease sale. The comment period ends September 20, 2026.

The BLM leased 25 parcels totaling 20,334 acres in New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas for $139,021,741 in total receipts during a quarterly oil and gas lease sale.

The BLM accepted winning bids on two parcels in Oregon totaling more than 9,500 acres for $1,155,706 in total receipts for a geothermal lease sale. The parcels are located on the Mount Hood National Forest.

The Bureau of Land Management plans to gather and remove about 40 wild horses from the Pryor Mountain Wild Horse Range in fall 2026 using low-stress bait trap methods.

The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive input on plans to include 113 oil and gas parcels totaling 126,445 acres in Colorado in a December 2026 sale. The comment period ends September 11, 2026.

BLM today opened a 30-day public scoping period on 328 oil and gas parcels totaling 427,701 acres that may be included in a March 2027 lease sale in Wyoming. The scoping period ends September 10, 2026.