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Press Release Western Energy Alliance Applauds Trump Budget Proposal to Renew Conservation Fund April 9, 2026 DENVER – Western Energy Alliance this week welcomed President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2027 budget proposal calling on Congress to reauthorize the National Parks and Public Land Legacy Restoration Fund (LRF), a critical conservation program funded by energy revenues that…

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today praised the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for strong first-quarter oil and natural gas lease sale results in Colorado and Utah.

DENVER – A coalition of oil and natural gas trade associations today voiced their strong support for President Trump’s nomination of Steve Pearce to be the director of the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

DENVER – Following the launch of a new public lands initiative by the Trump Administration’s Make America Beautiful Again (MABA) Commission, Western Energy Alliance today weighed in with support of proposals to advance energy development and conservation.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today applauded the Department of the Interior’s leadership and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for announcing a draft rule to implement the One, Big Beautiful Bill Act’s (OBBB) provisions on commingling.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today applauded the U.S. House for advancing meaningful bipartisan permitting reforms by passing the Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development Act (SPEED Act).

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today welcomed news that the U.S. Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will hold tribal consultations this week with the Navajo Nation as Secretary Doug Burgum reconsiders the 2023 land withdrawal around the Chaco Culture National Historical Park.

DENVER – Today, Western Energy Alliance applauded the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for delaying implementation of portions of the Waste Prevention Rule that was finalized toward the end of the Biden Administration.

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance today applauded the announcement of Steve Pearce’s nomination as the next director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

DENVER – Western Energy Alliance will honor Vicki Hollub, president and chief executive officer of Occidental (Oxy), with the Wildcatter of the Year award in recognition of her more than 40 years of achievements in business and community engagement.