BLM oil and gas leases threaten critical Colorado wildlife corridors, lawsuit says

By: Chase Woodruff

Outlets: Colorado Newsline

Published: September 8, 2026

Words: 575

Last Updated: 1 month, 1 week ago

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Two environmental groups sued the Trump administration Tuesday, alleging the Bureau of Land Management violated federal law when it leased more than 134,000 acres of public lands in Colorado for oil and gas drilling earlier this year.

In their lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court of Colorado, Wilderness Workshop and The Wilderness Society say the BLM’s June 2026 lease sale would “allow the development of oil and gas wells in habitat critical to …

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