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THE HUFFINGTON POST - BUSINESS

Salazar Gives Natural Gas Project A Go

U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar on Tuesday announced the approval of a major natural gas drilling project in Utah that the Obama administration says will support more than 4,000 jobs during its development while safeguarding critical wildlife habitat and air quality.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - CULTURE

LOOK: Winners Announced For National Mall Redesign

Before a sell-out 1,200-person crowd seated in a tent on the National Mall on Thursday, three winning plans were announced as part of a competition to redesign areas of the expansive space commonly called "America's Front Lawn."

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, BUT NOT A DROP TO DRINK

Demand for water in a river basin that serves more than 36 million people in the West and Mexico is expected to overwhelm supply in the next half-century as the region grows.

THE HUFFINGTON POST - LOCAL

What Does The Interior Secretary Think About 'Over The River'?

Colorado College's 2012 State of the Rockies conference featured Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the USGS Dr. Marcia McNutt, both CC alumni, speaking on energy, water, and conservation issues in the West.

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Sec. Ken Salazar

Ken Salazar, a fifth-generation Coloradan, was confirmed as the 50th secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior on Jan. 20, 2009, in a unanimous vote by the U.S. Senate.

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06/02/12 Officials break ground on Navajo water project Source: The Sierra Vista Herald - Sierra Vista AZ Federal, state and tribal officials gathered Saturday in western New Mexico to break ground on the massive Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project.
06/02/12 Solid weekend of fishing despite large crowds Source: Cape Gazette - Lewes DE Fishing was pretty good over the long weekend, considering the amount of people we had on the water.
06/01/12 Missions in lead spot for World Heritage approval Source: mySA - San Antonio TX San Antonio's historic missions are in the lead among three U.S. sites nominated for World Heritage designation, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar said Friday.
06/01/12 A Paler Shade of Green Source: Counterpunch Although America's greatest Interior Secretary, Harold Ickes, who had the post for nearly a decade under FDR, was from Chicago, the playbook for presidential transitions calls for picking a Westerner for Interior, as long as the nominee isn't a Californian.
06/01/12 With the blue waters of the Delaware Bay as a... Source: Cape Gazette - Lewes DE With the blue waters of the Delaware Bay as a backdrop, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined with Delaware's congressional delegation, state and county leaders and officials representing dozens of environmental and preservation groups to launch the Delaware Bayshore Initiative, part of the national America's Great Outdoors program.

Background on ken salazar

Kenneth Lee "Ken" Salazar (; born March 2, 1955) is the current United States Secretary of the Interior, in the administration of President Barack Obama.

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