Statement by Richard Moe, President of the National Trust for Historic Preservation on Selection of Sen. Salazar for Secretary of the Interior
Posted December 17, 2008 | Contact pr@nthp.org or 202-588-6141
"The National Trust for Historic Preservation applauds the selection of Senator Ken Salazar as the next Secretary of the Interior. Senator Salazar's broad experience in the Senate, and as Director of the Colorado Department of Natural Resources has prepared him for the important role of restoring balance to the need for safeguarding our fragile cultural resources while providing reasonable access to other uses on public lands.
"As a fifth-generation Coloradan, Senator Salazar is intimately familiar with some of America's most important historic and cultural treasures including the National Park Service's Hovenweep National Monument, Mesa Verde National Park, and the Bureau of Land Management's Canyons of the Ancients National Monument. Senator Salazar has demonstrated an outstanding record of preserving historic and cultural resources on public lands as the co-leader of the National Landscape Conservation System Act. This hallmark legislation will Congressionally establish the Bureau of Land Management's 26 million acre Conservation System to conserve, protect and restore nationally significant landscapes recognized for their outstanding cultural, ecological and scientific values. We look forward to working with him in his new position in the Administration."
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a privately-funded nonprofit organization, works to save America’s historic places to enrich our future. www.PreservationNation.org
