WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management issued the following press release:
LAKEWOOD, Colo.- The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public comment period to receive public input on plans to include 113 oil and gas parcels totaling 126,445 acres in Colorado in a December 2026 sale. The comment period endsSeptember 11, 2026.
The BLM completed scoping on these parcels inJuly 2026 and is now seeking public comment on the parcels and related environmental analysis. The BLM will use input from the public to help complete its review of each parcel.
Leasing is the first step in the process to develop federal oil and gas resources. Before development operations can begin, an operator mus...