Ken Salazar

Land Report July 2017 Newsletter

Posted on July 15, 2017 by Land Report Editors

This month’s page-one story? The EPA has determined that there was no misconduct involved in 2015’s Gold King Mine spill. This news comes on the heels of the announcement by the agency that it was not legally able to pay…

Land Report 2015 Legacy Landowners: The Salazar Family

Posted on October 15, 2015 by Land Report Editors

The Land Report 2015 Legacy Landowner Award was bestowed upon the family and the forefathers of former Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. The following are condensed excerpts from Secretary Salazar’s keynote address at the 2015 Land Report Aspen Summit. My family…

Tagged with: Department of the Interior, Ken Salazar, San Luis Valley
Posted in Farmland

Land Report January 2013 Newsletter

Posted on January 15, 2013 by Land Report Editors

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announces his plan to leave Washington and return home to Colorado. The Supreme Court agrees to hear a dispute between Texas and Oklahoma over water rights. And the State of Texas, on a completely…

Ashe Takes Oath as Fish & Wildlife Director

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Eric OKeefe

Dan Ashe was sworn in as the 16th director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on June 30. President Obama had nominated Ashe to head up the nation’s principal federal agency dedicated to the conservation of fish and wildlife…

Land Report July 2011 Newsletter

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Land Report Editors

There’s a lot of ground to cover in the July edition of The Land Report newsletter: auctions, equities, timberland, and several political developments affecting landowners, ranging from the passage of key legislation by the Texas Legislature to the appointment of…

Adults Only – The New Interior Department Reality Show

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Eric OKeefe

Update: In a report to Congress on September 24, the Department of the Interior confirmed that the controversial Royalty in Kind Program will be phased out this Thursday, September 30. The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation, and Enforcement (BOEM)…

Madeleine Pickens Presents Eco-Sanctuary Plan to BLM

Posted on June 10, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

Madeleine Pickens is no ordinary horsewoman. A lifelong equestrian, she has led numerous champions into the winner’s circle, including the Hall of Fame Thoroughbred Cigar, winner of 16 consecutive races. Now she is championing a new cause: America’s wild horses. “Wild horses…

Tagged with: BLM, Boone Pickens, Bureau of Land Management, Eric O'Keefe, Ken Salazar, Madeleine Pickens, wild horses
Posted in Farmland, News Desk

Interior Department Investigates Renewable Energy Speculators

Posted on June 3, 2009 by Eric OKeefe

Remember the Interior Department’s ongoing investigation into possible abuses of the Royalty-in-Kind program? Now the department’s Inspector General has started to look into possible abuses by companies seeking to develop renewable energies on BLM land. Three years ago, BLM received six applications…

Tagged with: BLM, California, Grant Gannon, Ken Salazar, Renewable Energy, Royalty-in-Kind, solar energy
Posted in Farmland, News Desk, Resources

The Land Report Looks at the Obama Cabinet

Posted on February 3, 2009 by Land Report Editors

While a few of President Obama’s cabinet nominees remain to be confirmed, others – such as Ken Salazar (pictured) – will exert enormous influence on landowners and have been hard at work since hours after the inauguration.

Tagged with: Barack Obama, Department of Agriculture, Department of Energy, George W. Bush, Interior Department, Ken Salazar, Stephen Chu, Tom Vilsack
Posted in Farmland, News Desk

Obama to Nominate Salazar for Interior

Posted on December 16, 2008 by Land Report Editors

Landowners in the West will have one of their own heading up the Interior Department in the new Obama Administration. According to published reports, Sen. Ken Salazar (D-CO) will be named the 50th Secretary of the U.S. Department of the Interior…