WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Bureau of Land Management issued the following news release: * * * BLM seeks initial input for March 2026 sale of oil and gas leases in Utah * SALT LAKE CITY - The Bureau of Land Management today opened a 30-day public scoping period to receive public input on 59 oil and gas parcels totaling 71,787 acres that may be included in a March 2026 lease sale in Utah. The comment period ends Oct. 27, 2025. Leasing is the first step in the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), issued an Open-File Report, Open-File Report 2025-1041, titled 'Collaborative Drought Science Planning in the Colorado River Basin' in 2025. Authored by Patrick J. Anderson, Jeanne E. Godaire, Daniel K. Jones, William J. Andrews, Alicia A. Torregrosa, Meghan T. Bell, JoAnn M. Holloway, Molly A. Blakowski, Joseph A. Hevesi, and Sharon L. Qi, the report outlines a strategy developed by the USGS to  more