Ken Salazar: “It is a signature issue of our time. It is an issue which we--I am confident we'll act on.”

We would be happy to do so.

By investing in our parks and promoting them to visitors, especially internationally, we can have the dual benefit of an improved National Park System and a stronger economy that produces more jobs.

We will do everything we can because it is highest priority for the President of the United States and for me to move forward.

The Department of Interior officially stated in its recent letter to Congress about the study that its preferred management option is the creation of a new, national historical park.