Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment v. U.S. Bureau of Land Management

Conservation groups and federal defendants filed a joint stipulation for dismissal of the groups’ lawsuit challenging oil and gas leasing decisions for public lands in New Mexico. Pursuant to an April 2022 settlement agreement, BLM had agreed to review the challenged decisions and prepare supplemental environmental assessments. On August 1, 2022, BLM issued decision records affirming the previous decisions to issue the lease parcels. Under the April settlement agreement, any challenge to the new decisions must be made in a new action.