John Salazar: “This is an imperative agenda because our environmental and economic and national security depend on our success on this…”

I will take whatever steps are necessary, and within the scope of my authority, to redress improper decision-making regarding endangered species determinations.

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

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.

This combination of perspectives--sensible energy production and other resource development with a sharp eye on the need to protect more enduring values and resources--hopefully will return our national public lands management to the true…