The Routt County commissioners unanimously approved submitting a formal comment letter opposing a proposed federal oil and gas lease sale covering nearly 14,000 acres of national forest land north of Hayden. The U.S. Forest Service announced in mid-June that it is analyzing an expression of interest for oil and gas development on approximately 13,850 acres in the Hahns Peak/Bears Ears Ranger District of the Routt National Forest — a proposal Co…