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Tough Tasks for Salazar at Interior

Editorial Board, Denver Post
Jan 30, 2009

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A high priority, we hope, will be a reversal of rules governing oil shale deposits on nearly 2 million acres of public lands in Colorado, Utah and Wyoming.

As a senator, he said the Bush administration rules set royalty rates that amounted to a "pittance." During a meeting Thursday with The Post's editorial board, he spoke generally about the wisdom of moving in a "thoughtful and deliberate way" on oil shale.

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Statement on Interior Department announcement on onshore oil and gas leasing

Anonymous
Jan 6, 2010

Following today’s announcement by the Department of the Interior (DOI) regarding onshore oil and gas leasing, Ann Morgan, Vice President of Public Lands for The Wilderness Society, issues this statement in response:

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San Juan Mountains Wilderness Bill Introduced: Legislation has broad support across SW Colorado

Anonymous
Oct 22, 2009

DENVER - Leaders across Southwestern Colorado praised Congressman John Salazar (D-CO3) for his new San Juan Mountains Wilderness legislation. The bill, introduced earlier today, has the backing of San Miguel, Ouray, and San Juan Counties, along with numerous local stakeholders and would protect some of the San Juan Mountains most spectacular landscapes.

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Conservationists applaud Interior plans to fix Utah oil and gas lease sale

Anonymous
Jun 11, 2009

Conservation groups today applauded a new report from Interior Secretary Ken Salazar that points to flaws in a December 2009 Utah oil and gas lease sale. The report indicates that among the BLM’s shortcomings was a failure to inform the National Park Service of a last-ditch effort that added more tracts of land to the lease sale.

“We are extremely heartened that the Department of the Interior is acknowledging that there were important errors that need to be fixed in this lease sale,” said Nada Culver, Legal Counsel at The Wilderness Society.

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Statement on Interior Secretary Announcement to Rescind Oil Shale Research and Development Leases

Anonymous
Feb 25, 2009

By Senior Energy Policy Advisor Dave Alberswerth

“We commend Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar on his announcement today that the Bureau of Land Management will halt the Bush administration’s 11th-hour round of oil shale research and development lease solicitations. This solicitation was rushed out the door in the waning days of the Bush administration and requires much more public scrutiny.

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Statement In Support of Nomination of Senator Ken Salazar for Secretary of the Interior, by Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows

Anonymous
Jan 15, 2009

WASHINGTON — “Ken Salazar has been a bridge-building conservation leader in Colorado for over a decade, and was a personally committed land steward well 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. For our part, The Wilderness Society has developed an excellent working relationship with Sen. Salazar and his office, though we have not always agreed with the positions he has taken on every issue of concern to us.

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Statement of William H. Meadows, President on Nomination of Sen. Ken Salazar as Secretary of Interior

Anonymous
Dec 17, 2008

Senator Salazar is an excellent choice to lead the Department of the Interior at a critical time when the West faces extraordinarily complex energy, conservation, and development challenges. He has a lifelong understanding and involvement in the West’s public lands issues and, as Senator, has demonstrated time and again that protecting Colorado’s natural features is a priority for him. He understands the need to defend the West’s land, water, wildlife, and communities while appropriately exploring for oil and gas and other extractive resources.

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Conservation Alliance Applauds Pick for Interior Secretary: Obama’s choice bodes well for new conservation system

Anonymous
Dec 17, 2008

WASHINGTON — An alliance of conservation and other organizations today expressed their support for what President-elect Barack Obama’s choice for Secretary of the Interior, Sen. Ken Salazar (D-Colorado), means for a system of public lands expected to receive congressional recognition in 2009.

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The Wilderness Society Endorses Salazar at Senate Hearing

Jan 15, 2009

Wilderness Society President William H. Meadows praised Secretary of the Interior nominee Ken Salazar Jan. 15 as a leader who “understands the land, water, and people of the West and the intricate connections among those key features of our natural and social landscape.” Meadows’s praise came as part of a written statement given to the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources at a hearing held today on Senator Salazar’s, D-Colo., nomination to serve in the Obama administration.

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

Dec 31, 2008

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.

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