David Jacobs/Pahrump Valley Times Nationally, state BLM offices in 2017 generated nearly $360 million from oil and gas lease sales, an 86 percent increase over the previous year’s results of $19 …

David Jacobs/Pahrump Valley Times
Nationally, state BLM offices in 2017 generated nearly $360 million from oil and gas lease sales, an 86 percent increase over the previous year’s results of $192.5 million. The sign is in front of a BLM office in Tonopah, the Nye County seat of government.