News Roundup: Biden picks BLM leader

BLM HQ fate still hanging, drilling continues in spite of pause, CA fracking "ban" and more

Seen in the North Fork Valley outside of Paonia, Colorado. Jonathan P. Thompson photo.

President Joe Biden has chosen Tracy Stone-Manning to be the next director of the Bureau of Land Management. The appointment of the longtime conservationist represents a mild break from tradition—and an about face from the Trump administration’s William Perry Pendley,…