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Stop oil and gas drilling on Routt National Forest
U.S. Forest Service · Routt National Forest, CO
- What
- Ten parcels of Routt National Forest could be handed over for oil and gas extraction.
- Where
- Routt National Forest, CO, WY
- How much
- Protected National Forest land in the Hahns Peak-Bears Ears District faces fossil fuel drilling if these parcels are leased to the BLM.
- Decided
- Comments closed; deadline not stated by the agency. No decision document is on file yet.
Where these four lines come from
- WhatOur plain-English read of the Forest Service project page ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words under Case.
- WhereThe places and states the project page names, as PLAN read them.
- How muchThe first sentence of our What’s at risk read of the notice; the whole read is under Case.
- DecidedWe haven’t found where this fight’s close date came from, so the card shows no date. The decision document is the one on file in PLAN’s record.
- Read from PLAN’s record November 9, 2026.
What the proposal said, and what the decision did
No figure from the proposal has been checked against the decision on this fight yet. What the record does hold is the issues ledger below.
No decision document is on PLAN’s record for this fight yet. When the agency’s decision lands, what it answered goes here.
PLAN's read: high threat
Ten parcels of Routt National Forest could be handed over for oil and gas extraction.
What’s at risk
If this goes through
Our plain-English read of the official notice ↗. Check it against the agency’s own words below.
In the agency’s own words
The Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest has received Expressions of Interest on the HPBE District to lease ten parcels to the BLM for a potential future oil and gas lease sale and subsequent exploration and development.
The groups on this fight
4 groups predicted likely to care in Colorado and Wyoming
Predicted likely to care is a guess from the group's sourced work in Colorado and Wyoming, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- Rocky Mountain Wild
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Colorado BLM Lease Sale, Colorado: Joined the formal challenge to the January 2026 replacement lease sale and previously sued BLM over the Roan Plateau leases.
- San Juan Citizens Alliance
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Canyons of the Ancients National Monument, Colorado: Shaped the 2010 management plan, has fought oil and gas leasing decisions inside the monument for two decades, mobilized against the 2017 monument review, and states it continues to defend CANM.
- Wyoming Outdoor Council
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Red Desert (Wyoming BLM), Wyoming: Leading opposition to BLM's 2025 reopening of the just-finalized Rock Springs RMP, with program director Alec Underwood arguing the Golden Triangle and Big Sandy Foothills are too special to lease and develop.
- Wyoming Wilderness Association
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Red Desert (Wyoming BLM), Wyoming: Engaged in the Rock Springs RMP revision since 2011, submitting formal comments and coalition advocacy for roughly 1.6 million acres of ACEC protections across the Red Desert.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
Who signs it
The notice names no signer PLAN could read. PLAN names a decision-maker only when the document names one.
The ground
The window has closed, so there’s no watch to set on it here.
In court on this ground
One court case is over Routt National Forest and Medicine Bow National Forest, newest first.
Docket closed · filed September 24, 2012
Biodiversity Conservation Alliance v. United States Forest Service
The court closed the docket. We don’t hold its entries yet.
Who holds the vote
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