Environment News Service: Sales of oil and gas leases on 77 parcels of land near national parks and monuments in Utah were halted today by Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. The parcels were auctioned by the Bureau of Land Management in December 2008. “I have directed the BLM not to accept the bids on these 77 parcels,” Salazar said at a news conference. “The environmental review process followed, in our view, was not complete.” Covering 132,000 acres, the lease parcels are located near Arches and …