After 15-month leasing pause, BLM offers just one small parcel in Utah for oil and gas
Interior Secretary Haaland announces reforms to the federal leasing program, upsetting both industry and environmentalists.
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Horseshoe Bend, south of Vernal, on Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. The area is near the one lease the BLM said would go on sale on Monday. Overflight provided by LightHawk.
Brian Maffly has worked for The Tribune off and on since 1994. Maffly roams Utah, covering public land and environment.