(January 11, 2018, 10:57 AM EST) -- SANTA FE, N.M. — A collection of environmental advocacy groups on Jan. 3 sent a letter to the acting director of the New Mexico office of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) contending that the BLM’s competitive oil and gas lease sale, which is planned for March, should be delayed until the BLM completes a resource management plan (RMP) and an environmental impact statement (EIS) for the shale formations where the drilling would occur....