** Stone-Manning faces the Senate
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Wednesday, June 9, 2021
Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee

President Biden's nominee to lead the Bureau of Land Management, Tracy Stone-Manning, faced a Senate committee that was alternately supportive and skeptical of her nomination ([link removed]) on Tuesday. The hearing started with a pointed back-and-forth between the committee's ranking member, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, and Sen. Jon Tester of Montana, who introduced Stone-Manning.

After Barrasso suggested that Stone-Manning was too partisan ([link removed]) and not committed to upholding BLM's multiple-use mandate, Tester offered up a personal defense ([link removed]) based on Stone-Manning's time as his state director.

“This person listens, she works, she does the right thing,” Tester said ([link removed]) . “I would not be here today introducing her if I thought she was the person you described. This is a good person that has a good heart that understands the value of our public lands.”


** BLM headquarters quandary
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Sen. John Hickenlooper of Colorado asked Stone-Manning about the future of BLM headquarters, which was moved to Grand Junction during the Trump administration, but currently sits empty ([link removed]) , as only three employees from Washington, DC accepted the move to Grand Junction.

“Obviously it was done in haste and it didn’t pan out the way it was promised,” Hickenlooper said during the hearing ([link removed]) . Stone-Manning told Hickenlooper she would visit Colorado if she was confirmed, and consult with Interior Secretary Deb Haaland as the secretary considers how to restore a functioning headquarters.

“You have my commitment to dive in and carry the folks of Grand Junction and their concerns with me to the consideration,” Stone-Manning said.

The Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee is expected to vote on Stone-Manning's nomination in the coming days.
Quick hits


** Biden's climate chief to meet with oil CEOs ahead of report on oil and gas leasing
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Bloomberg ([link removed])


** National Park Service, Arizona rancher warn Trump wall harms environment, doesn't stop migrants
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Cronkite News ([link removed])


** Tracy Stone-Manning makes her case for BLM director
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E&E News ([link removed]) | Associated Press ([link removed]) | The Hill ([link removed]) | NPR ([link removed]) | CPR News ([link removed]) | GovExec ([link removed]) | Grand Junction Daily Sentinel ([link removed])


** Opinions: Stone-Manning is the right person to manage America's public lands
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Arizona Daily Sun ([link removed]) | Missoula Current ([link removed])


** Montana tourism rebounds after pandemic
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Missoulian ([link removed])


** Massive Arizona wildfire forces evacuations, closes highways
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Associated Press ([link removed])


** Haaland's House replacement has deep environmental experience
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E&E News ([link removed])
Quote of the day
At a minimum, we have to take down sections of wall where they’re blocking wildlife migration. We have to work to revegetate all of the habitat that’s been bulldozed by Border Patrol.”
—Laiken Jordahl, Center for Biological Diversity
Cronkite News ([link removed])
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Happy #TravelTuesday ([link removed]) (special #CaveWeek ([link removed]) edition!) from Idaho's Craters of the Moon National Monument and Preserve, a 750,000-acre geologic wonderland. This area features the Great Rift, a 52-mile long crack in the Earth’s crust. 📸 BLM-Idaho.

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