52.1 - Investigate options for federal lease trades and buy-backs
Text from the Recreational Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Plan, 2008, Page 45
Assessment of Status: Partially Complete
Examples exist of successful trade leases, but they are rare.
Supporting documentation and findings
Interview with Joanna Prukop 5.8.13
An interview with Joanna Prukop, WHHCC Councilperson and former New Mexico Secretary of Energy, Minerals & Natural Resources, informed this action.
Email Correspondence with Jim Perry 4.29.13
Jim Perry, Senior Natural Resources Specialist in the Division of Fluid Minerals at the Bureau of Land Management, indicated that trade leases are done on a case-by-case basis and are rare.
The Trust for Public Land
In Wyoming, the Trust for Public Land has bought back oil and gas leases. One example is the Hoback Drilling Leases Acquired from PXP.