Oppose Call for Information and Nominations for Central California
Call for Information and Nominations for Central California Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Lease Sales Proposed in the 11th National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management· Central California Outer Continental Shelf, Central California Planning AreaFederal Register 2026-01571 ↗
The groups on this fight
4 groups predicted likely to care in California
Predicted likely to care is a guess from footprint in California, by the same match the STAND matchmaker runs, with no link to this decision. Give straight to them; nothing routes through us.
- California Wilderness Coalition
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works California: spent years building the designation campaign with Tribal nations and now defends the monument as an intervenor in federal court.
- Friends of the Desert Mountains
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works California: coachella Valley land conservancy that helped establish Sand to Snow and worked with The Wildlands Conservancy on acquisitions inside the monument footprint.
- Friends of the Inyo
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works California: runs the Eastern Sierra opposition to the gold exploration projects around the Bodie Wilderness Study Area and hosts the Bodie Hills Conservation Partnership's donation and newsletter operations.
- Los Padres ForestWatch
Predicted likely to care · a guess
Works California: has led opposition to oil drilling in the Los Padres region for two decades and is fighting the plan to reopen 400,000 acres to leasing.
Every group above is on STAND for Public Lands, with its court record, its filings and who backs it.
BOEM is asking industry and the public to weigh in on potential offshore oil and gas lease sales in the Central California Outer Continental Shelf as part of the 11th National OCS Leasing Program, announced in November 2025. It's soliciting industry nominations for specific acreage and requesting public information on environmental, biological, archaeological, and socioeconomic concerns in the area. This affects conservation professionals, coastal communities, marine ecosystem advocates, and anyone with interests in California's offshore waters.
In the agency’s own words
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issues this call for information and nominations (Call) covering proposed Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) oil and gas lease sales in the available portions of the Central California Planning Area. Those sales are described in the U.S. Department of the Interior's (Department) recently published Draft Proposed Program for the 11th National OCS Oil and Gas Leasing Program (11th National Program), which BOEM announced on November 20, 2025. This Call solicits industry nominations of acreage for possible inclusion in these proposed sales and requests information from the publ…
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