In Episode 217 of District of Conservation, Gabriella briefs listeners on the news of Tracy Stone-Manning’s confirmation to lead the Bureau of Land Management.
From Washington Examiner:
The confirmation comes after Biden nominated Stone-Manning, a senior adviser for the National Wildlife Federation, in April. GOP members of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee accused her of being linked to an “ecoterrorist” organization years ago and deceiving the committee about it.
BIDEN NOMINEE ACCUSED BY GOP OF DECEPTION ABOUT INVOLVEMENT IN ‘ECOTERRORIST’ TREE SPIKING INCIDENT
Court documents from 1993 reveal Stone-Manning testified to mailing a letter to the U.S. Forest Service after an acquaintance committed “tree spiking,” the placement of metal rods, nails, or other materials into trees to sabotage logging operations. The letter threatened the agency not to sell the timber.
Stone-Manning denied having prior knowledge of the spiking but said she mailed the letter because she “wanted people to know those trees were spiked” to avoid injury.
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