(Brian Maffly | Tribune file photo) Pump jacks pull up hydrocarbons in the Three Rivers oil field southwest of Vernal, pictured on June 14, 2019. On Tuesday, the Bureau of Land Management resumed offering oil and gas leases in the Uinta Basin after a federal judged ordered the Biden administration to lift is leasing moratorium.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.