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In what is expected to prompt another tussle between the state and federal government, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last week announced plans to open 1.2 million acres in California for oil and gas leasing.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) said Tuesday it is seeking public comment for a proposed quarterly oil and gas lease sale in March for Utah’s Green River District.

In the latest Colorado turf battle between the oil and gas industry and environmentalists, conservation groups on Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to stop production on a swath of land roughly a million acres in size.

Bonds posted by oil and natural gas producers to help prevent orphaned wells on federal lands are too low, with most not high enough to cover the costs of reclamation, according to a report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

The Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) Eastern States Office said its latest oil and gas lease sale for properties in Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Ohio brought in nearly $1.4 million.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has issued a right-of-way that allows the city of Green River, UT, to build a new natural gas pipeline to tap supply from a nearby processing plant, the agency said this week.

The latest iteration of the Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) resource management plan (RMP) for Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument adds some limitations to mineral development activities.

Colorado has challenged the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) resource management plan (RMP) for the oil- and gas-rich portions of the Western Slope, alleging it doesn’t go far enough to protect the environment and local wildlife, including the sage grouse.

The U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) plans to move its headquarters to Grand Junction, CO, from its current base in Washington, DC, according to Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO).