WASHINGTON, DC - On Wednesday, January 4, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will begin a two-day trip through Colorado, Texas and New Mexico to discuss jobs and economic benefits relating to tourism, energy, water, and conservation in rural communities in the Southwest.
In Colorado's San Luis Valley, the Secretary will join the Governor of Colorado and the state's two U.S. Senators to discuss how to further enhance tourism and cultural, historic, and natural resource conservation in the area.
WHO:
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
John Hickenlooper, Governor of Colorado
Mark Udall, U.S. Senator
Michael Bennet, U.S. Senator
WHAT:
San Luis Valley Community Conversation
WHEN:
Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
8:30 a.m. MST Registration (Carson Auditorium)
9:30 a.m. MST Opening Remarks (Carson Auditorium)
11:20 a.m. MST Breakout Sessions (Student Union Building)
12:50 p.m. MST Media Availability (Student Union Building)
*for a full agenda, please click HERE.
WHERE:
Adams State College
208 Edgemont Boulevard
Alamosa, CO 81102
*Carson Auditorium
Later on Wednesday, Secretary Salazar, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Michael Connor, and Congressman Silvestre Reyes will tour the Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant in El Paso, Texas, and will meet with stakeholders to discuss water issues.
WHO:
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Silvestre Reyes, Congressman (TX-16th)
Michael Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
WHAT:
Desalination Plant Tour & Irrigation Stakeholder Meeting
WHEN:
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
3:30 p.m. MST Tour of Desalination Plant
4:00 p.m. MST Media Availability
5:00 p.m. MST Irrigation Stakeholder Meeting
WHERE:
Kay Bailey Hutchison Desalination Plant
10751 Montana Avenue
El Paso, Texas 79935
On Thursday, January 5, Secretary Salazar, New Mexico Senator Jeff Bingaman, and Bureau of Land Management Director Bob Abbey will join a meeting of the Potash/Oil and Gas Steering Committee in Carlsbad, New Mexico to encourage further positive movement toward resolving long-standing conflicts between the oil and gas and potash industries.
WHO:
Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar
Senator Jeff Bingaman
BLM Director Bob Abbey
Potash/Oil and Gas Steering Committee
WHAT:
Potash/Oil and Gas Media Availability
WHEN:
Thursday, January 5, 2011
11:45 a.m. MST Media Availability
WHERE:
Meet at the BLM Office by 10:45 a.m. in Carlsbad, NM located at 620 East Greene Street (Hwy 62/180) east of Carlsbad. BLM will escort media to the Mosaic #5 Shaft for the media availability with the Secretary and others. Travel time is about 30 minutes.
Later on Thursday, Secretary Salazar, Commissioner Connor, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director Dan Ashe will host a meeting in Albuquerque to discuss developing consensus around a vision for conservation and water security for the Middle Rio Grande.
WHO:
Ken Salazar, Secretary of the Interior
Jeff Bingaman, U.S. Senator
Michael Connor, Commissioner, Bureau of Reclamation
Dan Ashe, Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
WHAT:
Meeting on the Middle Rio Grande
WHEN:
Thursday, January 5, 2012
2:30 p.m. MST Middle Rio Grande Meeting
3:50 p.m. MST Media Availability
WHERE:
Rio Grande Nature Center Educational Center
2901 Candelaria Road NW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
Source: Department of Interior
