WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senators John Hickenlooper and Michael Bennet called (https://www.hickenlooper.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/09-18-2026_Hickenlooper-Bennet__Dec-2026-OG-lease-sale-SUIT-Reservation.pdf) on the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to work directly with the Southern Ute Indian Tribe to respond to their opposition to the roughly 2,500 acres of land the BLM opened for oil and natural gas extraction within the Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
"The Tribe has formally expressed its opposition to leasing these parcels, explaining that they are located within an environmentally and culturally significant portion of the Reservation where it has long so...