Media Advisory
Salazar to Highlight Energy, Conservation through Colorado
09/12/2012
Contact: Blake Androff (202) 208-6416
WASHINGTON, DC – On Thursday, September 13, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will begin a trip through Colorado during which he will make stops in Boulder and Denver to discuss President Obama’s all-of-the-above energy strategy to expand domestic energy production and the economic impacts of the Administration’s America’s Great Outdoors initiative in Western and rural communities.
On Thursday, September 13, Secretary Salazar will offer remarks at the Center of the American West and Public Lands Foundation Symposium where he’ll discuss Interior’s work to stand up a renewable energy economy and to expand safe and responsible domestic energy production on our nation’s public lands.
On Friday, September 14, Secretary Salazar will join U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe and noted conservationist Louis Bacon for a press conference to make a major conservation announcement regarding Colorado’s San Luis Valley.
EVENT #1 - Center of the American West and Public Lands Foundation Symposium
| WHO: | Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior |
| WHAT: | Center of the American West and Public Lands Foundation Symposium |
| WHEN: | Thursday, September 13, 2012 @ 11:45 a.m. MDT |
| WHERE: | University of Colorado at Boulder Stadium Club at Folsom Field Athletic Building/UCB 372 Boulder, CO 80309 |
| MEDIA: | Credentialed news media are invited to attend the event |
EVENT #2 – Major Conservation Announcement
| WHO: | Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior Louis Bacon, Noted Conservationist Dan Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service John Swartout, Executive Director, Colorado Coalition of Land Trusts Dan Pike, Executive Director, Colorado Open Lands John Fielder, Noted Photographer and Author Crestina Martinez, Costilla County Commissioner |
| WHAT: | Press Conference |
| WHEN: | Friday, September 14, 2012 @ 10:30 a.m. MDT (media check-in @10:00 a.m. MDT) |
| WHERE: | History Colorado Center, Atrium 1200 Broadway Denver, CO |
| MEDIA: | Credentialed news media are invited to attend the event and are encouraged to RSVP to Queen_Muse@ios.doi.gov. |