By Anonymous Roan Plateau lease sales set record The Roan Plateau lease sales netted $113.9 million, making it the highest grossing onshore oil and natural gas lease sale in Bureau of Land Management history in the lower 48 states. A total of 54,631 acres in 31 parcels were sold.

By Todd Hartman The long-debated sale of 54,631 acres of natural gas leases on the Roan Plateau in western Colorado netted a continental U.S. record $114 million Thursday, but that figure came as a stunning disappointment to state and industry leaders.

The anticipated boom from new energy leases on the Roan Plateau wasn't entirely a bust.

By Burt Hubbard Democrats and Republicans alike agreed Thursday the state was shortchanged hundreds of millions of dollars on the Roan Plateau energy lease auction. But both sides point the finger at each other as the reason why. Gov. Bill Ritter and U.S. Sen.

By Burt Hubbard Today's sale of gas leases on the Roan Plateau could generate hundreds of millions of dollars for new state funds for cash- strapped colleges and towns reeling from the West Slope drilling frenzy.