Former Basecamp, Hageman attorney tapped to oversee Wyoming state lands office

JACKSON (WNE) —- An attorney who previously represented the controversial glamping operation on state trust land near Teton Village now leads Wyoming’s Office of State Lands and Investments.

Stacia Berry was appointed in February by Gov. Mark Gordon and took over the office earlier this month.

Previously, Berry had served as one of three lawyers representing Tammah — formerly known as Basecamp — in the legal challenges stemming from the installation of 11 white geodomes and a septic system on 4.6 acres of a square mile parcel of school trust land.

Gordon previously called the domes “pimples” and “quite ugly.” The project drew the ire of water quality advocates and kicked off a battle between the State Board of Land Commissioners and Teton County over whether the state is obligated to abide by county regulations on state lands.

Berry’s appointment is an “interesting coincidence,” said Keith Gingery, Teton County’s chief deputy county attorney, who represented the county in the lawsuit brought by the board.

Gingery and others who have fought Tammah in court are open minded about Berry’s leadership and hope the changing of the guard presents an opportunity for the office to turn a new leaf.

“That happens with attorneys — that they represent certain entities, and then later they’re in a more objective position,” Gingery said.

Berry cut her teeth as an associate at Hageman Law, working under the mentorship of U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman on water, natural resources and private property law.

“I had the best mentorship that you could get in what it meant to be an advocate for your clients and to understand how private industry can work with the government,” Berry said.

Berry left Hageman’s firm to serve as deputy director of the Wyoming Department of Agriculture for more than seven years, before returning to law in the fall of 2022.

This story was published on April 24, 2025.