Leasable Tar Sands & Oil Shale on Federal Lands Map

678,000 acres of federal land in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming are available for potential oil shale development and another 132,000 acres for tar sands development.

Leasable Tar Sands and Oil Shale Colorado River Basin map

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