Tracy Stone-Manning Confirmed As Biden's Public Lands Chief
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The Montana resident faced accusations of conspiring with "eco-terrorists" and emerged as one of President Joe Biden's most controversial nominees.
Tracy Stone-Manning was confirmed to lead the federal Bureau of Land Management on Thursday following a contentious confirmation process in which Republicans and conservative media labeled her an “eco-terrorist” and “violent extremist” for her connection to a tree-spiking incident in the late-1980s.
Stone-Manning, a senior adviser for conservation policy at the nonprofit National Wildlife Federation and a former aide to Montana Democrats, will become the first confirmed director since Neil Kornze led the bureau under President Barack Obama. She’ll be charged with overseeing 245 million acres of federal land ― more than 10% of the entire U.S. landmass ―and 700 million subsurface mineral acres.
The Senate confirmed Stone-Manning with a 50-45 vote, along party lines, with several Republicans absent.
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