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Biden nominates environmental advocate to run Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management Published 2 hours ago In this Dec. 14, 2012, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning, left, is named by Gov.-elect Steve Bullock to run the Montana Department of Environmental Quality, in Helena, Mont. Stone-Manning has been nominated by President Joe Biden to lead an agency that oversees about a quarter-billion acres of public lands in western states. (Matt Gouras / AP File) Share on Facebook Print arti...

Apr 23, 2021 4:38 PM EDT BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally owned land in Western states — the latest political appointment raising concerns among Republicans as Biden moves to curtail energy production from public reserves. Tracy Stone-Manning of Missoula, Montana, was nominated late Thursday to direct the Interior Department’s Bureau of La...

The agency regulates drilling, mining, grazing and other activities.

President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Democratic aide to oversee the vast expanses of federally owned land in Western states.

Published: Friday, April 23, 2021 Tracy Stone-Manning Photo credit: AP Photo/Matt Gouras Tracy Stone-Manning, whom President Biden will nominate as Bureau of Land Management director, with then-Gov.-elect Steve Bullock (D) in Helena, Mont., in December 2012. Stone-Manning ran the Montana Department of Environmental Quality under Bullock. AP Photo/Matt Gouras Tracy Stone-Manning, President Bidens nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, has long been an advocate for conservation both insi...

Former Ojibwe chairman tapped for Interiors Indian affairs The president announced nominations for assistant secretary for Indian Affairs and leader of the departments Bureau of Land Management Author: Apr 23, 2021 President Joe Biden nominated former tribal chairman Bryan Newland for assistant secretary for Indian Affairs of the Interior Thursday.  Newland was tribal president of the Bay Mills Indian Community in Michigan and served as a policy adviser for Indian Affairs at Interior under fo...

A former janitor for the Greenfield School District is suing the district, saying administrators violated his rights when he was fired after he developed a serious health condition that prevented him from doing his job while on medical leave to get checked for COVID-19. Duane Kaufmann is accusing the district of interfering with his rights under the Family Medical Leave Act and retaliating against him for trying to exercise those rights by terminating his employment. Alan Olson, Kelsey Kerr...

Reply Ian Alan Olson, 31, of Nashotah was charged in federal court in March with attacking U.S. servicemen on account of their service and assault. (Waukesha County Sheriffs Office) WAUKESHA COUNTY, WI—A Waukesha County man who is believed to be a QAnon supporter and was charged after firing a paintball gun at Army reservists at the U.S. Army Reserve Center in Pewaukee, appeared virtually before Federal Magistrate Judge on Wednesday for a preliminary hearing. The court found probable cause fo...

Montana state agencies would be allowed to charge members of the public or groups for commenting on environmental reviews under a law passed by a House committee this week. Rep. Denley Loge, R-St. Regis, said he brought House Bill 695 to the House Natural Resources Committee on Wednesday in part to discourage submission of form letters as public comment on environmental impact statements, or EISs. The bill would allow an agency while conducting public comment for an EIS to charge a fee for any ...

For The Intelligencer Photo Courtesy of W.Va. Governor’s Office West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice speaks Wednesday during a coronavirus briefing from the Capitol in Charleston. CHARLESTON — The state of West Virginia is trying to learn why 168 COVID-19 deaths were not reported, officials said Wednesday. Gov. Jim Justice during his pandemic briefing said 168 deaths were unreported to the state and most were in hospitals, hospice groups, long-term care facilities and two in the correctional s...