Public lands are in the cross hairs of big oil. Fishing just became political.

The alliance last year joined petroleum associations in New Mexico, North Dakota, Wyoming and Utah in a lawsuit challenging new BLM leasing rules that increased royalty rates, minimum bids, rental rates and bonding requirements for companies drilling for oil and gas on federal land.

Sgamma in January cheered Trump’s Unleashing American Energy executive order, which expanded energy exploration and production on federal land and eliminated incentives for electric vehicles and energy-efficient appliances. In a written statement in January, Sgamma supported Trump’s call to boost liquified natural gas exports and reduce the “regulatory damage” from the Biden administration’s increased regulation of oil and gas leasing on public land.

Sgamma wrote the energy section of the 900-page Project 2025 “Mandate for Leadership” plan. Her chapter inside the document was titled “Restoring American Energy Dominance” and called for rolling back Biden regulations and restoring oil, gas and mining leases in Alaska, Wyoming and Montana where leases had been suspended.

https://coloradosun.com/2025/02/12/kathleen-sgamma-blm-oil-and-gas-colorado/