Trent Nelson  |  The Salt Lake Tribune
Author Terry Tempest Williams with her bidding number in the BLM's Salt Lake City office, Tuesday February 16, 2016. National protesters mobbed a routine oil & gas lease auction Tuesday at the Salt Palace, where Tempest Williams tried to bid on parcels with the hopes of keeping them from being drilled. She ended up submitting an offer after the auction on a parcel that failed to attract the minimum $2-an-acre bid.