"After a party-line vote, Tracy Stone-Manning became the leader of an agency that manages oil and gas drilling on public lands."
"WASHINGTON — The Senate narrowly approved Tracy Stone-Manning on Thursday to lead the Bureau of Land Management, capping months of efforts by Republican lawmakers to block her confirmation because of her connection to a decades-old tree spiking incident.
Ms. Stone-Manning was approved 50-45 along party lines late Thursday evening.
She is the first Senate-confirmed director of the Bureau of Land Management in five years. Ms. Stone-Manning steps into an agency that has been stretched thin ever since the Trump administration moved the B.L.M. headquarters to Colorado last year, and will soon be faced with decisions over the future of oil and gas leases on federal land in Western states."
Lisa Friedman reports for the New York Times September 30, 2021.
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"Stone-Manning Confirmed as Land Bureau Chief Amid GOP Gripes" (Bloomberg Environment)
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