Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning faced a tough hearing before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, her first since she won confirmation in 2021. She faced criticism from Republicans over recent public lands and energy policy decisions, which further exacerbate the partisan divide within the Bureau of Public Lands Management (BLM). She also faced scrutiny over her involvement in a decades-old tree-spiking case that nearly derailed her confirmation. Stone-Mning successfully helped convict the two men responsible for the crime.

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