(November 28, 2017, 7:53 AM EST) -- RENO, Nev. — Three environmental advocacy groups filed an official protest against the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Nov. 13 contending that the agency’s plan to sell hydraulic fracturing leases on 208 parcels of federal land in Nevada violates federal law that requires the BLM to “take a hard look” at the foreseeable indirect and cumulative impact of the proposed action....