To help meet the nation's renewable energy goals, the Bureau of Land Management in California, Nevada and Utah will hold a combined geothermal lease sale in Reno on Tuesday, July 14, 2009. BLM-California will offer for lease 15 parcels covering more than 11,392 acres in Imperial and Sonoma counties.
http://www.blm.gov/ca/st/en/info/newsroom/2009/june/SO0914_joint_geothermal_auction.html