Wilderness Blog

RSS Feed

Latest Posts tagged with "Salazar"

America’s Newest Conservation System, Salazar, and 120 Acres in Florida

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse, Florida. Courtesy of BLM.

In a ceremony little noticed outside of central Florida, the state’s historic Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and surrounding mangroves were formally dedicated last month as part of the National Landscape Conservation System, which is the Bureau of Land Management’s version of the National Park System. Read more

Salazar Well-Suited for Interior

Sen. Ken Salazar, President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for Secretary of Interior, has been a bridge-building environmental leader in Colorado for over a decade and a personally committed land steward before that. He understands the land, water, and people of the west and the intricate connections among those key features of our natural and social landscape. Read more