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All Hat and Lots of Cattle
Living on Earth takes a look at the new chief of the Interior Deptartment – from his deep roots in the Spanish Southwest to his approach to managing the nation’s land and natural resources.
The Secretary of Interior is in charge of a fifth of all the land in the United States: all the national parks, grazing land, oil and gas and wildlife. The new chief, Ken Salazar, is a former state attorney general and water lawyer with deep roots in the Spanish Southwest. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports.