DESCRIPTION: Protest to the DOIBLM-UT-0000-2026-0001-EA – BLM Utah 2026 First Quarter Competitive Oil and Gas Lease Sale and related Environmental Assessment
TO: Bureau of Land Management, Utah State Office
FROM: John W. Hiscock, JD; Chandra Rosenthal, Western Lands and Rocky Mountain Advocate, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility; Emily Thompson, Executive Director, The Coalition to Protect America’s National Parks; Landon Newell, Staff Attorney, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; Kevin Emmerich, Co-Founder, Basin and Range Watch
DATE: February 24, 2026
TAGS: BLM, DOI, NEPA, NPS, OSNHT, Oil & Gas, Old Spanish Trail, Public Lands

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