Secretary Salazar to Tour Nantucket Sound and Meet with Tribal officials regarding the Cape Wind Project - Archive

The following media advisory was published by the Department of Interior on Jan. 29, 2010. It is reproduced in full below.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, will meet with members of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) to discuss the Cape Wind Project and will take a boat tour of the proposed wind farm site near Cape Cod, MA. Media is invited to participate in the boat tour and the media availability with Secretary Salazar, but must RSVP by Monday at 10:00am.

Who: Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior

David Hayes, Deputy Secretary of the Interior

Larry Echo Hawk, Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

What: Boat tour of Nantucket Sound and Press Availability.

When: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, 11:30 a.m.

Where: Vineyard Haven

Martha's Vineyard, MA

Exact location TBD

Note: Boat will return to Woods Hole, MA

NOTE: Media wishing to participate in the boat tour must RSVP no later than 10:00 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 1, 2010.

What: Press Availability

When: Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010, 1:15 p.m.