The Bureau of Land Management is announcing new free map resources are available to help the public access its lands.The Free National Mobile Map Package Progra

HELENA — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Montana-Dakotas State Office is asking the public for their input on possible oil and gas lease sales this September. The 30-day public comment period is now open, and the BLM is looking for comments on 29 oil and gas parcels totaling 9,102 acres.

If confirmed by the Senate, Kathleen Sgamma, president of the Western Energy Alliance, would oversee management of approximately 245 million acres of surface lands.

President Donald Trump has nominated a longtime oil and gas industry representative to oversee an agency that manages a quarter-billion acres of public land concentrated in western states

The Trump administration has named Kathleen Sgamma, a vocal oil and gas advocate for Western states, to head up the Interior Department's Bureau of Land Management, which manages the use of the country's nearly 250 million acres of public lands.

Longtime oil and gas industry advocate and vocal critic of federal oversight Kathleen Sgamma is President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, an agency that