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BLM and Southern Ute Tribe open scoping for Mancos Shale oil and gas EIS

Bureau of Land ManagementSouthern Ute Indian TribeInterior DepartmentConsultationSep 4, 2026

Check: A federal notice opens public scoping for a programmatic environmental impact statement (EIS, a broad review of a project's environmental effects) on oil and gas trust resources within about 108,000 acres of the Southern Ute Indian Reservation in La Plata County, Colorado.

Read in the Federal Register

What it does

The Southern Ute Indian Tribe and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Tres Rios Field Office are joint lead agencies, and the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) is a cooperating agency. The review will cover exploration and development of the Mancos Shale Formation and other oil and gas resources held in trust by the United States for the Tribe on existing leases. Tribal governments, tribal enterprises, and Native organizations in or near the planning area should track this review, since it concerns tribal trust land and resource decisions.

Why it matters for tribal funding

Directly tribal. The document is about tribes, tribal programs or Native organizations specifically.

Who it covers: Tribal governments.

What to do next

  1. Track the scoping for this EIS through the BLM Tres Rios Field Office and confirm the comment deadline before it closes.
  2. Coordinate with the Tribe's own staff on any comments submitted to the joint lead agencies.

Sources

Every signal is built from public records. The highlighted words appear in the source exactly as shown.

  • Federal Register: tribal termsNoticeSep 4, 2026

    Intent To Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement for Southern Ute Mancos Shale Development, La Plata County, CO

    • Quoted from the source: “intend to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)”
    • Quoted from the source: “This notice announces the beginning of the scoping process to solicit public comments and identify issues.”
    Read in the Federal RegisterU.S. government record, public domain.

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