Report: Interior Dept. Took No Action After Official Accepted Oil Industry Gifts

The Interior Department did not “appropriately respond” to an inspector general report that found former Bureau of Land Management Farmington, N.M., District Manager Steve Henke did not report gifts he received from the oil industry, a Project on Government Oversight investigation has found.

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Salazar Blocks New Mining Claims Near the Grand Canyon

From The Colorado Independent:

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar today issued a notice of withdrawal of nearly 1 million acres of BLM and U.S. Forest Service land around the Grand Canyon from new mining claims for the next two years to allow for more study and analysis.

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