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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 article BILLINGS, Mont. — President Joe Biden has nominated a longtime environmental advocate and Dem...

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 Land Management, which has jurisdiction over about a quarter-billion acres (100 million hectares) and ...

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 Biden's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, has long been an advocate for conservation both inside and outside government but is willing to listen to all stakeholders on contentious issues like o...