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Photos: Fort Ord Monument
SAT, MAY 19, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined by federal and local officials, including White House Council on Environmental Quality Chair Nancy Sutley and Director of the Bureau of Land Management Bob Abbey, to officially dedicate the 14,560-acre Fort Ord National Monument. The Secretary was also joined by Rep. Sam Farr; Garrison Commander Col. Joel J. Clark; and Deputy Secretary of the Interior David J. Hayes. Nearly 400 community members and military veterans also participated in the ceremony.
Photos: Law Enforcement Officer Memorial Ceremony
MON, MAY 14, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTOn Monday, May 14, 2012, the Department will host a law enforcement officer memorial ceremony in Yates Auditorium at the Stuart Udall Department of the Interior Building. The ceremony is a time to give thanks to the 4,000 law enforcement officers who serve in the Department of the Interior and to pay special tribute to the 139 DOI officers that have died in the line of duty since the Department’s founding in 1849.
Photos: Approval of Major Natural Gas Project for Uinta Basin
TUE, MAY 8, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTIn support of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, and the Obama administration’s goal of continuing to expand responsible oil and gas production, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved a major natural gas project in Utah’s Uinta Basin that could develop more than 3,600 new wells over the next decade, while safeguarding air quality and assuring the protection of critical wildlife habitat and outdoor recreation values. The project will support up to 4,300 jobs during development.
Photos: Enbridge Silver State North Solar Project
MON, MAY 7, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar visited the Enbridge Silver State North Solar Project in Nevada where he “flipped the switch” on the first large-scale solar energy project located on U.S. public lands to deliver power to American consumers.
Photos: Rocky Mountain Greenway Project
FRI, MAY 4, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar and Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper formalized an agreement to implement conservation and recreation projects throughout the Denver and Front Range metropolitan area.
The agreement, signed today at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge, establishes a 10-person steering committee to implement the Rocky Mountain Greenway Project – a federal, state, local and stakeholder partnership to create uninterrupted trails/transportation linkages connecting the Denver metro area’s trail systems, the three National Wildlife Refuges in the metro region, Rocky Mountain National Park, and community trails systems in between.
Photos: Crow Tribe-Montana Water Rights Compact Signing Ceremony
FRI, APRIL 27, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar joined Crow Tribe Apsáalooke Nation Chairman Cedric Black Eagle and Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer for the signing of a Crow Tribe-Montana Water Rights Compact. The compact seeks to resolve more than three decades of controversy, ensure safe drinking water for the reservation, and provide for the rehabilitation of the Crow Irrigation Project.
Photos: National Press Club
TUE, APRIL 24, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar spoke to the National Press Club on President Obama’s “all of the above” strategy for domestic energy development, including the expansion of domestic oil and gas production, and initiatives to harness renewable and alternative energy sources.
Photos: White House Hispanic Community Action Summit and Cesar Chavez Legacy Awards
THU, APRIL 5, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and dozens of White House and Cabinet officials joined Los Angeles area leaders, educators, business owners and state and local elected officials to identify and address issues important to the Hispanic community and the nation at the White House Hispanic community action summit.
Later, Secretary Salazar attended the 12th Annual Cesar Chavez Legacy Awards in Los Angeles, CA.
Photos: Salazar meets with local leaders in Nevada and California to boost travel and tourism
WED, APRIL 4, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar met with Senator Harry Reid, Governor Brian Sandoval, and Chairman of BrandUSA Stephen J. Cloobeck, along with local business leaders, to discuss how to design and promote travel itineraries that will draw more visitors to Southern Nevada and encourage them to plan lengthier trips to the region. Later, Secretary Salazar joins U.S. Congresswoman Susan Davis and San Diego Zoo Global President Rick Gulley for a travel and tourism meeting at the San Diego Zoo in California.
Photos: Fort Berthold Reservation
TUE, APRIL 3, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar, North Dakota Governor Jack Dalrymple, Senators Conrad and Hoeven and Congressman Berg met with Chairman Tex G. Hall and other leaders of the Three Affiliated Tribes of the Fort Berthold Reservation, where a partnership with Interior’s Bureau of Indian Affairs has spurred oil production and generated massive increases in royalty revenues for the tribal government and individual land owners.
Photos: Oil and Gas Development in North Dakota
MON, APRIL 2, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar toured oil and gas development operations on federal mineral estate in western North Dakota, where oil and gas production is rapidly expanding on federal, state, and private lands.
Accompanied by U.S. Senators Kent Conrad and John Hoeven, and Congressman Rick Berg, Secretary Salazar visited a drilling rig actively producing oil from federal resources; toured a crude oil production facility where oil is processed, stored, and transported via truck, rail and pipelines to refineries across the country; met with federal employees and heard about the work they are doing to safely expand domestic oil and gas production in the region; and toured private housing accommodations for workers from across the country who come to North Dakota for high-paying jobs.
Photos: Energy Development off the Atlantic
WED, MARCH 28, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTAs part of President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management Director Tommy P. Beaudreau announced that Interior is taking steps to assess the conventional and renewable energy resource potential in the Mid- and South Atlantic. The draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, released for public comment, will help inform future decisions about whether, and if so where, leasing would be appropriate in these areas.
Photos: 100th Anniversary of Cherry Blossom Tree Planting Ceremony
TUE, MARCH 27, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar joined First Lady Michelle Obama and the Ambassador of Japan to the United States Ichiro Fujisaki for the 1912 Cherry Blossom Tree planting re-enactment ceremony along the Tidal Basin. 2012 marks the 100th anniversary since the United States received 3,000 Cherry Blossom trees as a gift from Japan symbolizing the friendship between the two countries.
Photos: Department of Labor Hall of Honor Induction and Auditorium Renaming
MON, MARCH 26, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar participated in two events highlighting the role American Latinos have played in shaping our history. Salazar joined Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to honor the contributions of farm workers with the induction of the Pioneers of the Farm Worker Movement into the Labor Hall of Honor. As part of the ceremony, the Department of Labor’s auditorium was re-named to the Cesar Chavez Memorial Auditorium. Later, Salazar addressed the Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities 17th Annual Capitol Forum.
Photos: Independence National Historical Park
THU, MARCH 15, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar spoke at a town hall with local tourism and business leaders in Philadelphia to emphasize the importance of international tourism to economic growth and job creation. The visit coincided with the 40th anniversary of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization’s World Heritage Convention, an international treaty that seeks to recognize and protect the world’s most significant places, such as Independence Hall, for future generations.
Photos: 68th Department of the Interior Honor Awards Convocation
WED, MARCH 7, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTPhotos from the 68th Department of the Interior Honor Awards Convocation at which 44 awards were presented to Department of the Interior employees and volunteers selected for their service to the department and to the nation.
Photos: Chattahoochee River Water Trail in Georgia
SUN, FEBRUARY 26, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTFrom Chattahoochee River NRA, "America's First National Water Trail"
Photos: Ecological Forestry in Western Oregon
TUE, FEBRUARY 21, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTDuring a visit to one of three ecological forestry pilot projects in Oregon, Secretary Salazar announced that the Interior Department’s Bureau of Land Management will apply ecological forestry principles on a broader landscape to restore forest health and to provide sustainable timber harvests for local mills and the communities who rely on the timber industry for jobs and economic strength.
Photos: Transboundary Agreement Signing
MON, FEBRUARY 20, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar joined Mexican President Felipe Calderon, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton, Mexican Minister of Foreign Relations Patricia Espinosa, and Mexican Minister of Energy Jordy Herrera in Los Cabos, Mexico at the signing of an agreement on the exploration and development of oil and natural gas reservoirs along the United States’ and Mexico’s maritime boundary in the Gulf of Mexico.
Photos: Ohio Manufacturing Facilities
TUE, FEBRUARY 14, 2012, 12:00 AM ESTSecretary Salazar visited two manufacturing facilities in Ohio that are helping to power the nation’s growing energy economy. The plants, which employ American workers to manufacture products and components used in oil and gas production and to fabricate wind towers, underscore the President’s call for an economy driven by American energy, American skills and innovation, and American manufacturing.