John Salazar: “I think that solar has got to be one of the crown jewels, if you will, as we move forward, to creating this house of…”

You know, there is no doubt that climate change and global warming is having an impact on a whole host of important natural features of this world, including the species that we have.

The mountain pine beetle epidemic in Colorado and throughout the West is devastating, Madam Chair. It is destroying our forests and threatening our communities.

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…

the last thing we want to do is to drive ranchers, some of whom have been using these lands for five-six generations, essentially off the lands and into bankruptcy.