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As we celebrate National Travel and Tourism Week, the U.S. government is doubling down on its commitment to create more jobs for Americans by growing international and domestic travel and tourism that powers our economy.

• 05/21/12
  • Salazar Highlights 11 River Projects in Southeast and Mid-Atlantic States under America’s Great Outdoors Rivers Initiative
    
  
  
• 05/19/12
  • Secretary Salazar Dedicates Nation’s Newest National Monument at Fort Ord
    
  
  
• 05/18/12
  • Obama Administration to Hire 20,000 Young People for Summer Work on Public Lands
    
  
  

• 05/21/12
  • Secretary Salazar, BSEE Director Watson to Kick Off Technical Forum on Next-Generation Blowout Preventer and Control Systems
    
  
  
• 05/16/12
  • Secretary Salazar, CEQ Chair Sutley will Speak at Fort Ord Dedication Ceremony
    
  
  
• 05/16/12
  • Salazar, Sutley to Visit Santa Monica Mountains to Kick-Off Campaign to Hire 12,000 Young People for Summer Work on Public Lands
    
  
  

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar recalls his favorite teacher.

In compliance with an order from a U.S. District Court, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a science-based critical habitat proposal for the northern spotted owl that begins a public review process to determine what forest lands should be designated as critical habitat in a final rule that will be published in November.

Photos from the dedication of the Fort Ord National Monument.

• 05/21/12
  • Secretary Salazar, BSEE Director Watson to Kick Off Technical Forum on Next-Generation Blowout Preventer and Control Systems
    
  
  
• 05/16/12
  • Secretary Salazar, CEQ Chair Sutley will Speak at Fort Ord Dedication Ceremony
    
  
  
• 05/16/12
  • Salazar, Sutley to Visit Santa Monica Mountains to Kick-Off Campaign to Hire 12,000 Young People for Summer Work on Public Lands
    
  
  

• 04/18/12
  • A welcome mat to the world
    
  
  
• 04/04/12
  • Toward a More Inclusive America: Telling the Story of Women in America
    
  
  
• 03/15/12
  • Inviting the world to visit Philadelphia
    
  
  

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Director of the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Regulation and Enforcement testified before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.

Director Michael Bromwich says the name of his agency has evolved to now include the words "regulation and enforcement" making clear the agency's mission.

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Secretary Salazar says the BP oil spill crisis has brought Gulf coast and wetland restoration to the forefront of the President's conservation agenda.

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Director Bromwich, with only four days on the job, will start by making internal investigations a priority.

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