Mr. Abbey, who headed the agency from 2009-12, said earlier this month that he had reversed his previous support for Ms. Stone-Manning and urged her to withdraw from consideration to lead the agency, which manages 245 million acres of federal land.
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“If the reports regarding Ms. Stone-Manning’s involvement with spiking trees are true then I firmly believe she should immediately withdraw her name from further consideration for the BLM director job,” Mr. Abbey told The Washington Times in an email.
Obama BLM director: Tracy Stone-Manning should withdraw over tree-spiking incident
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