Green Options » land lease auction http://greenoptions.com/tag/land-lease-auction Posts tagged 'land lease auction' Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:42:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 en Conservation Coalition Protests Utah BLM Lease Auction: 100,000 Acres of Public Land for Oil and Gas Development http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/06/conservation-coalition-protests-utah-blm-lease-auction/ http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/06/conservation-coalition-protests-utah-blm-lease-auction/#comments Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:42:27 +0000 Derek Markham http://planetsave.com/blog/2008/12/06/conservation-coalition-protests-utah-blm-lease-auction/ Moab Utah

A coalition of conservation groups has just filed a formal protest opposing the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) decision to auction off 100,000 acres of public lands for oil and gas leasing and development. Leases will be auctioned for wild and remote public lands in Utah, including White River, the greater Desolation Canyon region, Labyrinth Canyon, and the benches east of Canyonlands N.P.

The coalition includes Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA), The Wilderness Society (TWS), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA), Grand Canyon Trust (GCT), and the Sierra Club. Together they represent over a million Americans who support conservation efforts.

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