"The White House on Thursday nominated Tracy Stone-Manning as the Bureau of Land Management director, potentially putting an environmentalist in charge of America’s largest land-owning agency.

Manning is a senior adviser for conservation policy at the National Wildlife Federation and is the organization’s former associate vice president for public lands. If confirmed as land bureau chief, she would preside over all of America’s onshore oil, gas and coal reserves and manage more than 244 million acres of federal public land, mostly in the West.

She is at least the second environmentalist named to lead the land bureau. The Interior Department previously named former National Audubon Society senior counsel Nada Culver as the land bureau’s deputy director."

Bobby Magill reports for Bloomberg Environment April 22, 2021. [2]

SEE ALSO:

"Biden Picks a NOAA Chief, Looking To End The Agency’s Long Stretch Without A Leader" (New York Times) [3]

"Biden Announces Picks To Lead Oceans, Lands Agencies" (The Hill) [4]

"Biden Taps Montana Environmentalist For US Public Lands Boss" (AP) [5]

"Grijalva Calls For Return Of Public Lands Agency To Dc After Trump Moved BLM Out West" (The Hill) [6]