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State lands director asks Appropriations to approve wildfire funding, mapping contracts and trust grants
Summary
Director Stacia Berry told the Joint Appropriations Committee that the Office of State Lands and Investments manages 3.4 million surface acres and is seeking exception requests including $20 million for emergency fire suppression, two Esri GIS contract requests, and $340,907 for trust‑land preservation projects.
The Joint Appropriations Committee heard from Stacia Berry, director of the Office of State Lands and Investments, about the agency’s budget priorities and 16 exception requests tied to land management, mapping and wildfire costs. Berry told the committee the office administers trust lands that support K–12 beneficiaries and oversees roughly 3,400,000 surface acres and about 3,900,000 subsurface acres.
Berry said minerals produced about $139.6 million in fiscal 2025 and surface leasing and sales about $122 million, together generating more than $262 million for trust beneficiaries. She outlined several grant and loan programs the agency administers, including a $24 million mineral royalty grants program and drinking‑water and clean‑water state revolving funds that provide low‑interest loans and principal forgiveness to communities.
Why it matters: committee members flagged wildfire costs and mapping contracts as near‑term pressures. The governor…
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