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FILE - This photo provided by the Center for Biological Diversity shows a Tiehm's buckwheat plant near the site of a proposed lithium mine in Nevada, May 22, 2020. The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what's next in line to become only the third U.S. lithium mine, as conservationists fear it will lead to the extinction of the endangered Nevada wildflower near the California line. (Patrick Donnelly/Center for Biological Diversity via AP, File)

U.S. advances review of lithium mine in Nevada amid concerns over endangered wildflower

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

This undated photo provided by the Bureau of Land Management shows a group of wild horses during a summer aerial survey in northern Nevada. Federal officials plan to begin a roundup around Dec. 28, 2023, that will include herds roaming public land in four Nevada counties. (Bureau of Land Management via AP)

Nevada rangeland taxed by wild horses, land managers plan to round up thousands of the animals

Associated Press

This photo provided by Lynne Buckner shows a Kings River pryg, a springsnail found in 13 isolated springs around Thacker Pass, 200 miles northeast of Reno, Nev., on April 7, 2022. Environmentalists in an ongoing legal battle with the Biden administration over a lithium mine being built in Nevada are poised to return to court with a new approach accusing federal wildlife officials of dragging their feet on a year-old petition seeking endangered species protection for the tiny snail that lives nearby. (Lynne Buckner via AP)

Tiny snails versus lithium mine: Enviromentalists plan to sue over Nevada mine to save the snail

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

In this image provided by the Nevada Department of Wildlife, a Dixie Valley toad sits atop grass in Dixie Valley, Nev., on April 6, 2009. Interior Department officials have decided to “revisit” the 2021 environmental review that cleared the way for construction of a geothermal power plant in Nevada where an endangered toad lives, a victory for environmentalists and tribal leaders suing to block the project. (Matt Maples/Nevada Department of Wildlife via AP, File)

U.S. to reopen review of Nevada geothermal plant near endangered toad while legal battle is on hold

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

FILE - Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 8, 2021. Stone-Manning says a pending Biden administration rule to sell conservation leases on federal lands would not exclude other uses such as drilling and mining. Some Republicans say it would lock out other uses such as energy development and is illegal. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden wants conservation to trump utilization of Western states’ public lands

By Editorial Board - The Washington Times

Tourists make their way up the stairs to William Clark's signature at Pompeys Pillar along the Lewis and Clark Trail in southeastern Montana in 2014. The U.S. Bureau of Land Management is proposing work to keep the historic sandstone landmark near the Yellowstone River east of Billings from falling apart or eroding further. The sandstone is also engraved with over 5,000 other etchings, petroglyphs and pictographs, according to the National Park Service. (Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette via AP)

BLM considering plan to stabilize landmark Pompeys Pillar

By Brett French - Associated Press

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. West is facing pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Senate confirms Bureau of Land Management pick Tracy Stone-Manning on party-line vote

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, could set a floor vote on her nomination as early as Sept. 30. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File) **FILE**

Schumer sets up floor vote on Tracy Stone-Manning as Republicans gird for clash

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this July 29, 2021, file photo, Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., speaks at a news conference held by members of the House Freedom Caucus on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File) **FILE**

Colorado Republicans blame Sens. Bennet, Hickenlooper for losing BLM headquarters to D.C.

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this April 23, 2021, file photo, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland speaks during a news briefing at the White House in Washington. U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is a married woman. Melissa Schwartz, an Interior Department spokeswoman, confirmed Haaland and longtime partner Skip Sayre wed Saturday, Aug. 28, 2021, in New Mexico.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bureau of Land Management moving back to D.C., reversing Trump-era decision

By Matthew Daly - Associated Press

U.S. Interior Secretary Deb Haaland is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington, in this file photo from Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) **FILE**

Biden administration to move BLM headquarters back to D.C. from Colorado

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

FILE - In this March 10, 2021, file photo, two Salt River wild horses kick up dust as they arrive at a site for emergency feeding run by the Salt River Wild Horse Management Group near Coon Bluff in the Tonto National Forest near Mesa, Ariz. Federal land managers say they're stepping up protections to guard against the illegal resale of wild horses and burros adopted from the government for slaughter after they've been captured on U.S. lands but mustang protection advocates say the Bureau of Land Management needs to do more. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

Feinstein calls for probe of capture, resale of wild horses

By Scott Sonner - Associated Press

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The panel deadlocked during a Thursday, July 22, 2021, vote on Stone-Manning, setting up a future floor vote. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

American Loggers Council urges Senate to oppose Tracy Stone-Manning over tree-spiking

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. The panel deadlocked during a Thursday, July 22, 2021, vote on Stone-Manning, setting up a future floor vote. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Dems’ embrace of BLM pick Stone-Manning puts domestic terrorism message at risk

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Interior Secretary Deb Haaland, right, stands with U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert, R-Colo., while touring the Grand Junction Air Center complex, a multi-purpose wildland fire management and operation center, Friday, July 23, 2021, in Grand Junction, Colo. (McKenzie Lange/The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel via AP)

Boebert, Colorado Democrats urge Haaland to keep BLM headquarters in Grand Junction

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Senate committee splits on party lines on Biden nominee Tracy Stone-Manning

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 23, 2021, file photo, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., chair of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing with Ranking Member Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, at the Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Joe Manchin to vote for Biden pick Tracy Stone-Manning despite her role in tree-spiking plot

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Tracy Stone-Manning, BLM nominee, hit with new accusation she lied about role in ecoterrorism plot

By Haris Alic - The Washington Times

Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, June 8, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Idaho loggers urge Senate to ax Biden nominee over tree-spiking plot

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this June 8, 2021, file photo, Tracy Stone-Manning listens during a confirmation hearing for her to be the director of the Bureau of Land Management, during a hearing of the Senate Energy and National Resources Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington. She is facing pressure to withdraw over her ties to environmental activists convicted of spiking trees to sabotage a national forest timber sale more than 30 years ago. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden’s Bureau of Land Management nominee is an unabashed eco-terrorist

By Chris Talgo