John Salazar: “He recognizes that energy development should not override other public land and environmental priorities.”

Achieving these objectives requires a Secretary willing to engage Indian country, listen to and appreciate the wisdom and experience of Indian tribal leaders.

I believe it is time we looked for a bipartisan legislation that will once again allow forest-management decisions to be made by those who wear the emblem of the Forest Service.

We need proactive forest management to restore our forests to a more healthy condition and reduce the threat to communities from raging wildfire.

We have been able to address some of the issues along the urban interface areas, but, as you see, the devastation is incredible in Colorado.