Ken Salazar

Funding Announced For Rocky Mountain Greenway

Emily Boyer

Colorado will receive some $1.7 million to help cover the cost of a new seven mile trail link of the Rocky Mountain Greenway and improve access to Rocky鈥�

Politics

VIDEO: President Obama Nominates Sally Jewell To The Interior

Flanked by Ken Salazar, who announced on January 16 that he was leaving the Department of the Interior to return to Colorado, the President nominated REI鈥�

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar speaks at the dedication for the Southwest's first urban wildlife refuge on the southern edge of Albuquerque, N.M., on Sept. 27, 2012. Salazar has announced that he'll leave his post in late March and return to Colorado.

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Interior Secretary's Legacy Defined By Issues Of Oil

Jeff Brady

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, the latest member of President Obama's Cabinet to announce his second-term departure, ran a department responsible for a half-billion acres of public land. But it's how he dealt with the oil industry and renewable energy issues that marked his tenure.

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar's "Wild Lands" secretarial order has been praised by conservationists and Democrats, and criticized by the oil and gas industry and many Republicans.

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Interior Secretary Ken Salazar to Step Down and Return to Colorado

Former Colorado Senator Ken Salazar will step down as Interior Secretary at the end of March. In a written press release, Salazar said he would return to鈥�

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Interior Sec. Salazar Is Latest Member Of Cabinet To Announce Departure

Mark Memmott

He joins others who are leaving the Obama administration as the president begins his second term, including Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.

Environment

Study Projects Significant Water Shortages For Colorado River Users

Nathan Heffel

A final study analyzing the future of the Colorado River Basin says the gap between supply and demand over the next 50 years is expected to be鈥�

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial in Washington, D.C. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar endorsed a plan Tuesday to remove the disputed "drum major" inscription from the memorial and replace it with a fuller version of the quote.

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Inscription On Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial To Be Removed

Krishnadev Calamur

The quote will be removed instead of replaced to avoid harming the monument's structural integrity. Critics, including poet Maya Angelou, had criticized the current iteration of the "Drum Major" quote, saying it made King sound arrogant.

Environment

Interior Secretary Moves To Tighten Rules Over Sale Of Wild Horses

Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar says he will tighten regulations of the federal government's wild horse program, restricting the number of horses people鈥�

Environment

Salazar Announces Sweeping Wildlife Conservation Agreement

Kirk Siegler

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar has announced a deal that will permanently protect nearly 170,000 acres of land in southern Colorado鈥檚 San Luis Valley.Once鈥�

Gov. Jerry Brown waits for the start of a news conference to announce plans to build a giant twin tunnel system to move water from the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta to farmland and cities.

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California's Jerry Brown: Water Tunnel Shows 'I Want To Get [Stuff] Done'

Eyder Peralta

Brown expressed his frustration with what's become an intractable problem by dropping a four-letter expletive.