Derek Dowsett is the Producer of the County Seat. Now entering his 11th season of the program, he has received what he considers a "Crash Course" in County Government.

Nearly 100,000 acres of land were deferred from a BLM Oil and Gas Lease Sale. The parcels affected were in Carbon and Emery Counties.

Our program hit the road to meet up with State Director of the BLM, Juan Palma; along with Mike McCandless, economic development director for Emery County; and Kathleen Sgamma, Western Energy Allaince; to find out why 2/3rds of the parcels that were originally offered were taken out of the auction and how that affects the counties where the parcels lie.