Tracy
Stone-Manning

Tracy Stone-Manning is a longtime conservationist and public lands advocate who has played a significant role in shaping U.S. land management policies.  As President of The Wilderness Society, she leads efforts to unite people to protect America’s wild places.  She also serves as President of The Wilderness Society Action Fund, driving grassroots advocacy and civic engagement to safeguard our nation's public lands and waters.

Prior to joining The Wilderness Society, Tracy served as Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), the nation’s largest land management agency, where she was responsible for the stewardship of 245 million acres of public lands. As BLM Director, she prioritized work that restored public lands and waterways, reformed oil and gas leasing policies, partnered with tribes, and addressed increasing recreation. She has also held leadership roles at the National Wildlife Federation, for Montana Governor Steve Bullock and Senator Jon Tester. Early in her career, she led a small conservation group that galvanized a community around removing a dam at the confluence of the Clark Fork and Blackfoot rivers.

Throughout her career, Tracy has focused on bringing people together to solve hard problems. She believes public lands and Wilderness are among America’s best ideas – and among our biggest gifts to the future. With a deep passion for public lands and a commitment to community-based solutions, she is building on The Wilderness Society’s 90-year legacy of safeguarding wild public lands across the United States. 

Tracy is an avid hiker, backpacker and hunter, and is married to the writer Richard Manning. They venture into wild places every year.