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SALT LAKE CITY — The Bureau of Land Management has dropped more than half the parcels it originally proposed for an oil and gas lease sale next week, many of which were criticized because of their proximity to southern Utah national parks.
The agency’s final list for the Dec. 19 sale was released Friday and includes 132 parcels totaling 164,000 acres.
The BLM had proposed lease sales on 359,000 acres in Utah. After the proposal was criticized by the National Park Service and environmental groups, the BLM removed more than 37,000 acres near Utah’s national parks. Another 80,000 acres in western Utah were dropped so the agency can conduct an environmental analysis.
