The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Elko District Office (EDO) has completed the September 2026 Oil and Gas Lease Sale Draft Environmental Assessment (EA) and is initiating a 30-day protest period beginning July 17, 2026, and ending August 16, 2026. The Draft EA and unsigned Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI) are available under the Documents link at the top of this page, Notice of Competitive Lease Sale Period.
The Sale Notice for the Septemeber 2026 Oil and Gas Lease Sale contains instructions for how to submit a protest and is published on the BLM Nevada Oil and Gas webpage located here: Nevada Oil and Gas Lease Sales | Bureau of Land Management
Before including your address, phone number, e-mail address, or other personal identifying information in your protest, you should be aware that your entire protest (including your personal identifying information) may be made publicly available at any time. While you can ask us in your protest to withhold your personal identifying information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be able to do so.
To the extent you submit exhibits or attachments to any submitted protest, you must provide a summary of the attached documents, and explain why they are important for us to consider. If the submittal fails to include the requested summary, BLM may not consider any information in the exhibits or attachments during its decision-making process.
