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Tracy Stone-Manning, the Missoulian who has led the U.S. Bureau of Land Management under President Joe Biden, will leave that post for a new job as president of The Wilderness Society, a leading conservation organization that supports preservation of public lands and efforts to combat climate change. Stone-Manning, who has lived in Missoula since the 1980s, will take the helm of the storied 87-year-old nonprofit in February, the group announced late last month. Her departure from the federal agency comes as the Biden administration prepares to depart Washington, D.C., to make way for the incoming second term of President-elect Donald Trump. Bureau of Land Management Director Tracy Stone-Manning delivers remarks from Belmont Creek in the Blackfoot Corridor on Aug. 16, 2023, as the BLM announced more than $18 million in funding for 39 ecosystem restoration and resilience projects on public lands across 10 states, including Montana. Funding for the projects is aimed to restore habitats, improve recreation experiences and to reduce the threat of wildfire to communities. Trump's return to the White House, and Republicans' accompanying control of both chambers of Congress, following November's general election is set to result in a sea change of people and policies that guide agencies like the BLM. Trump and other Republicans have vowed to undo Biden-era regulations meant to slow climate change and promote conservation, such as the BLM's shift away from fossil-fuel extraction and prioritization of renewable energy development and conservation. But Stone-Manning won't be giving up her long-distance commute from Montana to D.C.: The Wilderness Society is headquartered on Pennsylvania Avenue just 1,500 feet northwest of the White House's West Wing. The group's founders include early American conservation luminaries like Bob Marshall and Aldo Leopold. A longtime executive secretary of the organization, Howard Zahniser, authored the landmark Wilderness Act of 1964. "The Wilderness Society, with its coalition-based approach, has been involved in nearly every public lands victory of the last century, and I am honored to have been selected to lead it into the future," Stone-Manning stated in an announcement from the nonprofit of her new role there. "Wild places and our public lands are vital to the health of our environment, our communities and our climate. When I start next February, I am eager to work alongside our dedicated staff, partners and supporters to ensure these treasures are protected for all to enjoy." Tracy Stone-Manning, director of the U.S. Bureau of Land Management, at Axolotl Lake near Virginia City, Mont., on June 29, 2022. Prior to her time as director of the BLM, which oversees 245 million acres in the American West, Stone-Manning led the public lands program at the National Wildlife Federation. She was previously the chief of staff for Montana Gov. Steve Bullock, a Democrat, and had served as his director of the state Department of Natural Resources and Conservation. She served as a senior aid to Sen. Jon Tester, a Democrat from Montana, before that. She was the director of the Missoula-based Clark Fork Coalition from 1999 to 2006. During Stone-Manning's tenure, the BLM increased the royalties charged on the extraction of oil and gas on federal land overseen by the agency and enacted a rule that elevated conservation to be a recognized "use" of land on par with natural resource extraction. The agriculture and fossil-fuel industries pilloried the rule, which Republicans have vowed to undo. The agency also developed new management plans for recreation, which has markedly increased on BLM land in recent years, and steered hundreds of millions of dollars toward habitat conservation from Biden-supported legislation like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act. In Montana alone the BLM allocated $27 million from the infrastructure law for landscape-scale restoration work . Although the BLM's shift toward conservation, recreation and renewable energy under Stone-Manning's leadership was widely supported by conservation, wildlife and environmental groups, she and the agency occasionally drew the ire of some wildlife advocates who opposed the agency's forest-thinning work aimed at reducing wildfire risk. On Tuesday, five environmental groups sued Stone-Manning and the BLM over the agency's plan to log, thin and burn nearly 17,000 acres of federal land in the Garnet Mountains east of Missoula. Other times, she drew attention for her association with groups vehemently opposed to logging. Four years ago, Senate Republicans blasted Biden's selection of Stone-Manning to head the BLM, citing a 1989 incident in which she was associated with potentially dangerous anti-logging activity on federal land. Stone-Manning, then a UM grad student in her early 20s, warned federal officials that activists had placed metal spikes into trees in Idaho to deter logging. So-called "tree spiking" can be dangerous to people operating saws or other machinery that strikes a spike. Although she tipped-off officials, testified against two men charged with crimes in the incident and was never charged with any crimes herself, Republicans used her involvement in the episode to brand her an "eco-terrorist." She was confirmed by a majority-Democrat Senate along party lines. She was the first confirmed director of the agency since the second Obama administration. Trump's first-term appointee to the position, William Perry Pendley, was never confirmed by the Senate and served only as acting director of the agency. Stone-Manning oversaw the return of the BLM headquarters to D.C. after the first Trump administration moved the agency's main offices to Grand Junction, Colorado, shedding hundreds of D.C.-based employees along the way. She reworked the Colorado office's into the agency's Western headquarters. Joshua Murdock covers the outdoors and natural resources for the Missoulian. He previously served as editor-in-chief of The Boulder Monitor in Jefferson County, Montana, and has worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer in rural towns in Idaho and Utah. Get Government & Politics updates in your inbox! Stay up-to-date on the latest in local and national government and political topics with our newsletter. Outdoors & Natural Resources Reporter {{description}} Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items.Jensen Huang is undoubtedly one of the most talked about figures in the world of business as of now, owing to his company Nvidia's stellar rise in terms of market capitalization, demand and popularity, all at the same time. Nvidia under the leadership of Huang has attained a peak market capitalization, and had at one point, crossed Apple's market cap. Meanwhile, Huang is facing a few problems of his own, after having landed in a major controversy surrounding tax evasion allegations against him. ET Year-end Special Reads Take That: The gamechanger weapon's India acquired in 2024 10 big-bang policy moves Modi government made in 2024 How governments tried to rein in the social media beast Is Nvidia CEO evading taxes? 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PARIS (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain failed to score in Ligue 1 for the first time this season as the reigning champion was denied by outstanding goalkeeping from Auxerre's Donovan Léon in a 0-0 draw on Friday. Léon's string of superb saves thwarted PSG’s attacking stars. After a fairly even first 45 minutes, PSG camped in the Auxerre half but could not find a way past León, who made memorable stops from Gonçalo Ramos, Achraf Hakimi, Kang-In Lee, Désiré Nonka-Maho and Randal Kolo Muani. Vitinha saw one curling shot come back off the bar. PSG had 25 shots to Auxerre’s six and 15 corners to Auxerre’s three but the home side still could have stolen all three points, as PSG keeper Gianluigi Donnarumma had to make a smart stop from Hamed Traorè. PSG remained eight points clear on top of Ligue 1. Auxerre was eighth. Canadian striker Jonathan David scored two and made another as Lille brushed past Brest 3-1 to extend its unbeaten run to 10 games in Ligue 1. The last time Lille lost to Brest at home was in 1989 and that long run never looked likely to fall as David turned in a man-of-the-match performance at Stade Pierre-Mauroy. He put Lille ahead from the penalty spot after nine minutes and he got away from his marker and crossed for Hákon Haraladsson to clip home a second just before halftime. Ludovic Ajorque got one back for Brest early in the second half but David restored Lille’s two-goal cushion when he pounced on a loose ball to slide home his team’s third. David’s goals took his season total to 17 in 23 games. They were his 10th and 11th in the league and lift him to the top of the Ligue 1 goal-scoring chart. Marseille was second ahead of Lille and Monaco on goal difference. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccerBrewers love crafting a wide array of beers, but over time, beer drinkers have gravitated dramatically toward two key factors – hoppiness and drinkability.
IF you're planning a tasty creamy mash for your Christmas dinner, look no further. A cooking expert has shared her tips for perfecting the festive side dish. Advertisement 3 Calling all mashed potato fans - if you want to know how to make the creamiest side dish, you'll need to listen up Credit: Tiktok / @177milkstreet 3 A food guru has shared her simple trick to making the best mash, and it turns out you need to stop boiling your potatoes in water and use milk instead Credit: Tiktok / @177milkstreet The chef revealed that you've probably been making your mash all wrong. According to the expert, we need to stop boiling our spuds in water if we want it to be extra creamy - yes, you heard that correctly. If you want to make the best mashed potatoes, you need to boil your potatoes in milk. Rosie Gill, director of Milk Street Cooking School, took to social media to share her mashed potatoes recipe - leaving many open-mouthed. Advertisement Read More On Food OH NO Foodie makes festive mashed potatoes using sour cream PRINGLES Mash made in heaven Top tips to reheat mashed potatoes She explained that it’s time to stop boiling your potatoes in water - as you’ll need to use milk instead. She revealed: “We simmer your mashed potatoes in milk, not water! And here’s why. “Potatoes are like pasta, they release starches into their cooking liquid. “That becomes liquid gold - allowing us to get lush, silky, creamy, mashed potatoes. Advertisement Most read in Fabulous FEELING FISHY I've been left with two black eyes after trying bizarre new beauty treatment JAB MANIA From sunken eyes to bulldog features - the scary things Ozempic does to your face Exclusive FACE THE TRUTH My fiance had the first face transplant, I'm accused of gold digging SON'S STRUGGLE Katie Price shares heartbreaking message from Harvey as he begs to come home “When you throw out water that you cook your potatoes in, you throw all that starch down the drain, so you’re wasting it. “The milk becomes our cooking liquid - and a replacement for heavy cream.” I tried the M&S Christmas cafe menu, the gravy dip is a festive revelation As she showed off her finished side dish, she added: “We just mash the potatoes directly in the pot - no mixer needed. “And that is how we get still creamy, but not too heavy, mashed potatoes.” Advertisement Rosie later confirmed: “In the case of pasta, you want to reserve some of that liquid to give the sauce a luscious shine and bind it to the noodles. “In mashed potatoes, cooking in milk, and preserving that starchy liquid, gives your potatoes a natural creaminess and allows you to skip the weighty heavy cream.” The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @177milkstreet, has clearly left many stunned, as it was shared just one day ago, but has quickly gone viral, and has racked up a staggering 3.3 million views. Fridge or cupboard? The essential food storage guide Foods must be stored correctly to keep them fresh and prevent the spread of bacteria. Nutrition expert Birgit Brendel said bread will last longer when stored in the fridge or freezer. However, this can compromise the flavour. Storing in ceramic or pottery containers is an alternative that allows for air to flow easily and slow the growth of mould. Robert Morris, managing director of food safety consultants, Complete Food Safety, revealed the best place to store fresh fruit and vegetables. He said salad foods should be stored in the fridge drawer, but away from anything grown in the soil such as carrots, parsnips and beetroot. Tomatoes are an exception to the rule as fridges can alter the natural ripening process and diminish their taste. He also advised against putting avocados and bananas in the fridge as this will cause them to blacken quicker. But social media users were divided at the cooking tip - while some were impressed, not everyone was as keen. Advertisement One person said: “Awesome tip! I’m married to this from now on!” Another added: “Brilliant.” A third commented: “Genius.” Whilst another food fan beamed: “Great idea.” Advertisement 3 This hack, according to this foodie, will ensure you get the best tasting mash Credit: Tiktok / @177milkstreet However, not everyone was impressed with the foodie’s hack and many revealed that they didn’t actually think her mash looked that great. One user claimed: “Tried it - weird mush. Prefer chicken broth or chicken stock with water.” A second penned: “Looks v lumpy.” Advertisement Someone else chimed in: “They don't look smooth though.” Read more on the Scottish Sun COMIC'S CASTLE Still Game star takes £150,000 hit to offload luxury £4m Scots castle HITTING THE HIGH NOTES Much-loved pub named best music bar in Scotland Whilst another wrote: “That mash looks way too wet.” Fabulous will pay for your exclusive stories. Just email: fabulousdigital@the-sun.co.uk and pop EXCLUSIVE in the subject line .
There are times when a postseason bowl seems like the first game of next year for the participating teams. That cliche means something a little different for NC State and East Carolina. The Wolfpack and Pirates face each other in the Military Bowl on Saturday in Annapolis, Maryland. Then they'll see each other again in about eight months. NC State opens the 2025 season at home against ECU on Aug. 30. There is certainly plenty of familiarity between these two programs, even though NC State (6-6) is in the ACC and East Carolina (7-5) is in the AAC. The teams — located about 80 miles apart — have met 32 times, most recently in 2022 when the Wolfpack won 21-20. From 1970-87, these teams played each other every year. Since 2004, they haven't gone more than two consecutive seasons without meeting. “Hour and a half down the road and you're playing — whether you play every year or don't play every year — I think it's still a rivalry," East Carolina coach Blake Harrell said. "Our fans still get excited. They still think that's a rivalry. Our players still think that's a rivalry.” NC State leads the series 19-13 and has won three straight — but East Carolina won three in a row before that. “It's weird playing a team that we open with next year,” Wolfpack coach Dave Doeren said. “We don't play them that much. We play them every three years, so it's really a roster turnover. Every time we see them, it's a different ballclub for the most part. But yeah, finishing with who you open with is unique.” NC State and East Carolina met in the Peach Bowl in 1992 — during an eight-year hiatus in their regular-season series. ECU scored three touchdowns in the final 7:26 to win 37-34. “We had that time during COVID, we obviously all had some down time. I remember searching through YouTube, just past games to check out. That game did pop up," Harrell said. "That was a special moment for that team and that program at the time, and this could be a special moment for this team and this program.” NC State is playing in the Military Bowl for the first time. East Carolina was supposed to participate in 2021, but the game was canceled. The Pirates lost to Maryland in the 2010 edition. Harrell took over on an interim basis in the middle of the season when Mike Houston was fired. After leading the Pirates to four straight wins, Harrell had the interim tag removed . Freshman CJ Bailey took over at quarterback for NC State this season after concussion problems ended Grayson McCall's career. Bailey has completed 64.1% of his passes. Only Philip Rivers and Russell Wilson threw for more touchdowns as a freshman for the Wolfpack than Bailey, who has 14 TD tosses. “He's a really good player. Doesn't play like a freshman to me,” Harrell said. "Makes really good throws down the field, has a really good arm, and then if he takes off scrambling or if the quarterback-designed run game, he's a long strider. He can eat up some ground. Nobody ever catches him." Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up here . AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football
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