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Drake’s Bay Oyster Company and its predecessors have operated within Drakes Estero for a century. The scientific misconduct of former Point Reyes National Seashore Supt. Don Neubacher (right) — in trying to force Drakes Bay Oyster Company out of the park
Washington • President Barack Obama on Monday proposed merging the multi-million-dollar, decades-old Central Utah Project back under the Bureau of Reclamation to save money and erase duplicative efforts in the nation’s large-scale water projects. The pre
U.S. Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar gestures as he speaks during an announcement of a $4 million grant in Richmond, Va. , Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2012. Salazar announced the grant to acquire and preserve 385 acres at the Richmond National Battlefield Park. View Photo »
It does us no good to put in these billions of dollars in investments in the Everglades only to have these giant constrictor snakes come in and undo the good that we are doing ... The action we're taking today is a milestone in the protection of the Everglades.
When the Obama campaign gave its blessing to the super PAC Priorities USA Action, it put out word that the president wouldn’t appear at super PAC events – but members of his administration might. Today, Michael Beckel of iWatch News identifies several me
United States President Barack Obama delivers remarks to students on his FY 2013 Budget at Northern Virginia Community College in Annandale, Virginia on Monday, February 15, 2012. UPI/Ron Sachs/Pool Published: Feb. 13, 2012 at 4:15 PM WASHINGTON, Feb. 13
The answers come easier not because they are wiser, but because of the absence of any meaningful dissent or discussion about alternatives. In November 2006, Kurt Brungardt wrote an important essay in Vanity Fair chronicling most of this story. Back then,
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: U.S. President Barack Obama (2R) speaks during a cabinet meeting as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L), Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (2L) and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta listen in the Cabinet... View Photo »
Marine Mammal Commission would be pleased to advise the Secretary of the Interior (Ken Salazar) regarding the science needed to understand harbor seal use of the estuary following his decision.
IT IS GRATIFYING and gladdening that the Interior Department has decided to fix the Martin Luther King Jr. National Memoria l by restoring the civil rights leader’s “drum major” quote to the full, verbatim version of what Dr. King said, rather than a mis
WASHINGTON — A quotation by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. , clumsily shortened when inscribed in granite on his memorial at the Tidal Basin, will be replaced and his full words restored, officials said Friday. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and National
Kenneth Lee Salazar (born March 2, 1955) is the current United States Secretary of Interior, an American politician and rancher from the U.S. state of Colorado. Salazar, a Democrat, served as state Attorney General before winning a U.S. Senate seat in the 2004 election. He was the junior Senator from Colorado since January 2005 and became the... Full Article
WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: U.S. President Barack Obama (2R) speaks during a cabinet meeting as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L), Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (2L) and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta listen in the Cabinet Room at the White House January...
View Photo »(L-R) Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, Attorney General Eric Holder, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton applaud as Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts looks on as U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of...
View Photo »Interior Secretary Ken Salazar embraces President Barack Obama, following his remarks on tourism and travel, Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012, along Main Street USA at the Walt Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Fla.
View Photo »Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar gestures as he talks to reporters in the Everglades, Fla. , Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Salazar announced the ban on importation and interstate transportation of four giant snakes that threaten the Everglades.
View Photo »Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, helps National Park Rangers as they prepare to put a 13-foot python in a bag in the Everglades, Fla. , Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Salazar announced the ban on importation and interstate transportation of four giant snakes that threaten the Everglades.
View Photo »In this Jan. 17, 2012 file photo, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, center, and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. , left, look at at 13-foot python held by National Park Service Supervisor Ranger Al Mercado in the Everglades, Fla. The National Academy of Science report released Monday, Jan. 30,...
View Photo »Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, right, Ron Bergeron, second from left, of the Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service Supervisor Ranger Al Mercado, second from left, and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. , left,hold a 13-foot python in the Everglades, Fla. , Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. ...
View Photo »Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, center, and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. , left, look at at 13-foot python held by National Park Service Supervisor Ranger Al Mercado in the Everglades, Fla. , Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Salazar announced the ban on importation and interstate transportation...
View Photo »Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar, left, and Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla. , arrive at the Everglades, Fla. , Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012. Salazar announced the ban on importation and interstate transportation of four giant snakes that threaten the Everglades.
View Photo »California Governor Jerry Brown (R) and U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar (C) join Recurrent Energy CEO Arno Harris for a tour of the solar photovoltaic (PV) facilities serving the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) in Elk Grove, California, January 13, 2012. A number...
View Photo »Gov. Jerry Brown, left, checks his watch for the day's date before he and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, left, sign an agreement to expand a state and federal partnership to allow more than a dozen utility-scale solar energy projects and more than 130 renewable power projects in the...
View Photo »Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, left, and Gov. Jerry Brown talk as they walk past a solar panel array at the Recurrent Energy solar project in Elk Grove, Calif. , Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. The pair signed an agreement to expand a state and federal partnership to allow more than a dozen...
View Photo »Recurrent Energy Chief Executive Officer Arno Harris, left, talks with Gov. Jerry Brown, center, and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, while touring the Recurrent Energy solar project in Elk Grove, Calif. , Friday, Jan. 13, 2012. Brown and Salazar signed an agreement to expand a...
View Photo »U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (C) presents the flag from the casket of slain U.S. National Park ranger Margaret Anderson to her husband Eric Anderson during her memorial at the Pacific Lutheran University in Tacoma, Washington January 10, 2012. Anderson was shot and killed by a...
View Photo »U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (R) embraces National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis before a memorial service for slain Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson in Tacoma, Washington January 10, 2012. Anderson was shot and killed by a gunman while on duty at a...
View Photo »Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speak at a memorial service for Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Anderson, a 34-year-old mother of two young girls, was shot and killed Jan. 1, 2012, after setting up a roadblock to stop a...
View Photo »Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar presents the flag that had been on the casket of U.S. National Park ranger Margaret Anderson to her husband, Eric Anderson, near the end of her memorial at Olsen Auditorium on the Pacific Lutheran University campus in Parkland, Wash. , Tuesday,...
View Photo »Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, right, embraces National Park Service Director Jon Jarvis before a memorial service for Mount Rainier National Park Ranger Margaret Anderson Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2012, in Tacoma, Wash. Anderson, a 34-year-old mother of two young girls, was shot and killed...
View Photo »Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, center, standing in front of a map of the Grand Canyon, is applauded after announcing a twenty year ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, in Washington.
View Photo »Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, standing in front of a projected map of the Grand Canyon, announces a twenty year ban on new mining claims near the Grand Canyon, Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, in Washington.
View Photo »Attorney General Eric Holder, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (L-R) talk before U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill in Washington, January 24, 2012.
View Photo »US President Barack Obama embraces Interior Secretary Ken Salazar after his introduction by Salazar at the annual lighting of the National Christmas tree on December 1, 2011 at the Ellipse in Washington.
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 16: U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar testifies during a hearing before the House Natural Resources Committee November 16, 2011 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. The hearing was focused on 'The Future of U.S. Oil and Natural Gas Development on Federal Lands...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 08: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks at a press conference unveiling two original preparatory collages for 'Over The River' donated to the National Galley of Art's permanent collection by French environment artist Christo at the National Gallery of Art on November...
View Photo »U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar stands on a viewing deck at the Great Falls, Monday, Nov. 7, 2011, in Paterson, N.J. The landmark became the nation's newest national historic park on Monday. The 77-foot waterfall, located in downtown Paterson, is the second largest on the East Coast...
View Photo »WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 31: U.S. President Barack Obama (2R) speaks during a cabinet meeting as Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius (L), Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (2L) and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta listen in the Cabinet Room at the White House January...
View Photo »It does us no good to put in these billions of dollars in investments in the Everglades only to have these giant constrictor snakes come in and undo the good that we are doing ... The action we're taking today is a milestone in the protection of the Everglades.
Marine Mammal Commission would be pleased to advise the Secretary of the Interior (Ken Salazar) regarding the science needed to understand harbor seal use of the estuary following his decision.
Thanks to the work of our scientists, Senator Bill Nelson, and others, there is a large and growing understanding of the real and immediate threat that the Burmese python and other invasive snakes pose to the Everglades and other ecosystems in the United States ... The Burmese python has already gained ...
It seemed symbolic that when we left we walked out through a door between a portrait of Lincoln and the Emancipation Proclamation. After the ceremony, the Secretary of the Interior had a reception at his office. I talked with Secretary Ken Salazar who told me that he ‘couldn’t think of a place that has ...
The Burmese python has already gained a foothold in the Florida Everglades, and we must do all we can to battle its spread and to prevent further human contributions of invasive snakes that cause economic and environmental damage
Correctly, U.S. Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar wants to make nice with Gov. Scott on the Everglades - but not too nice.
Our best places in the United States ... are those where you have the kind of united community support that I see here today
What's happening in California is nothing short of a revolution -- clean energy is creating jobs, powering our economies, and making believers out skeptics
This is important because Dr. King and his presence on the Mall is a forever presence for the United States of America, and we have to make sure that we get it right
RV owners are often great champions for conservation as they know firsthand that the investments we make in our parks, historic sites and other public lands not only allow people to enjoy these incredible places, but they also help grow local economies across the country
We have for three years worked very hard to change the relationship between the administration and the nation's first Americans
The proposed changes are the most comprehensive reforms of Indian land leasing regulations in more than 50 years and will have a real impact for individuals and families who want to own a home or build a business
The proposed changes are the most comprehensive reforms of Indian land leasing regulations in more than 50 years
I don’t know the answer to that question
The strongest of our national parks are places like Yellowstone and Acadia, where you have a huge amount of support to moving those projects forward
This solar facility is yet another critical component in the department's growing renewable-energy portfolio
If I may, let me answer that in a more specific way to Congressman Johnson
I think it’s important for the committee and for Congress and the United States not to have amnesia about the Deepwater Horizon and the Macondo well ... It was, in fact, a national crisis.
From day one the president and I have worked on developing a comprehensive energy program for the nation. It’s a broad portfolio and we’re making significant progress on all fronts
we don’t end up in a circumstance where we end up seeing the kind of moratoria . . . now being proposed around the country
With respect to hydraulic (fracturing), because it occurs so far underground, we don’t know any examples of (contamination) on public lands
We are developing a rule and taking input from a lot of different places . . . to ensure that it does not push back on the bright future for natural gas
The ear banging that you’re engaging in is not helpful.
we want to land in a place that will be supportive of natural gas development in the United States.
