GRAND JUNCTION — The Bureau of Land Management has agreed to pay SG Interests $1.5 million after the energy company sued over the cancellation of 18 oil and gas leases covering more than 30 square miles (78 square kilometers) in the Thompson Divide area in western Colorado. The undeveloped leases in the vast White River National Forest were among 25 covering more than 50 square miles (129 square kilometers) that the BLM canceled in late 2016 at the request of a coalition of governments, environmentalists, ranchers and others, The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reported Friday.

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