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The Interior Department Radio News/Podcast Service features stories and event actualities about land, water, and resources for download to your newscasts or just informative listening to find out what's happening in the BLM, FWS, NPS, USGS, BOR, MMS, OSM and the BIA. This is a free service of the U.S. Department of the Interior. Feedback on usage is welcome at Interior_News@ios.doi.gov

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03/03/09
	President Barack Obama and Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar marked the 160^th Anniversary of the Department of the Interior today in a ceremony at the Yates Auditorium in the Main Interior Building. In addition to the 600 employees who packed the auditorium to watch the event, Department employees around the nation watched via satellite broadcast or listened via teleconference bridge. The Department was established on March 3, 1849.
02/25/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Department of the Interior will offer a second round of research, development, and demonstration leases for oil shale in Colorado and Utah and withdraw the previous administration’s proposal for expanded RD&D leases offered during the last week of the Bush administration.
02/23/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar participated in an historic roundtable of top leaders today at a summit examining how development of renewable energy and energy efficiency in conjunction with a “National Clean Energy Smart Grid” is an economic, environmental and national security imperative. Secretary Salazar was joined by former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, energy entrepreneur T. Boone Pickens at the event.
02/20/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar held a media roundtable at the Department of the Interior in Washington D.C. to discuss how the department will swiftly and responsibly implement President Obama’s economic recovery plan to help create jobs, generate economic activity in local communities, and renew our national parks, national wildlife refuges and other public lands and resources.
02/18/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar participated in a conference call on Wednesday, February 18 to discuss the summit agenda for an upcoming forum in Washington D.C. entitled "National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy." Also on the call with the Interior Secretary were; Secretary of Energy Stephen Chu, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Energy Executive T. Boone Pickens and Center for American Progress Action Fund President John Podesta. In this Podcast, Secretary Salazar describes the role of the Interior Department in America's energy security.
02/12/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Senator Richard Durbin today commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln at a ceremony at the Lincoln Memorial beginning a day of Lincoln bicentennial celebrations across the country in honor of our 16th president. Here are remarks of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar.	Transcript
02/11/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar joined leaders of the Ford’s Theater Society, the National Park Service and the District of Columbia at a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday, Feb. 11 to re-open Ford’s Theatre and initiate the celebration of the bicentennial of the birth of President Abraham Lincoln. Ford’s Theatre Society, in partnership with the National Park Service, is reopening the doors of Ford’s Theatre after an 18-month renovation.	Transcript
02/09/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and hundreds of employees welcomed the First Lady of the United States Michelle Obama to the Department of the Interior on Monday, February 9. These are her remarks.	Transcript
02/04/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced today that the Bureau of Land Management would withdraw leases that were offered on 77 parcels of U.S. public land near Arches and Canyonlands National Parks, Dinosaur National Monument, and Nine Mile Canyon. This Podcast features Secretary Salazar's opening remarks in a teleconference he held with journalists on the decision.	Transcript
01/22/09
	Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar addressed Department of the Interior employees around the nation Thursday morning via satellite from the historic Sidney R. Yates theatre . The 50th Interior Secretary discussed his thoughts on assuming his new position and his plans for future initiatives.	Transcript