Secretary Salazar Announces $750 Million Investment to Restore and Protect America's National Parks, Create Jobs

In a rooftop press conference Wednesday, April 22, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced an investment of $750 million in the national park system under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, part of more than $3 billion the Interior Department is investing in the nation's economy under President Obama's recovery plan. All the projects announced today are long-standing priorities of the National Park Service based on its capital planning process.

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    Acting Director of the National Park Service Dan Wenk introduces Interior Secretary Salazar. Pictured to the left of the Secretary, Craig Obey, Vice President of the National Parks Conservation Association, Tom Kiernan, President of the National Parks Conservation Association, Terry Jones, President of the Wolftrap Foundation and Jake Hoagland of the Coalition of National Park Retirees [Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI]

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    Secretary Salazar addresses media and others from the rooftop of the Interior Department. Pictured behind him from left to right are Acting Director of the National Park Service Dan Wenk, Craig Obey, Vice President of the National Parks Conservation Association, Tom Kiernan, President of the National Parks Conservation Association, Mindy Meade of the American Recreation Coalition, Terry Jones, President of the Wolftrap Foundation, Jake Hoagland of the Coalition of National Park Retirees and Bill Line, Communications Officer for the NPS National Capitol Region [Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI]

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    Secretary Salazar at the podium, behind him left to right Craig Obey, Vice President of the National Parks Conservation Association, Tom Kiernan, President of the National Parks Conservation Association and Terry Jones, President of the Wolftrap Foundation. [Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI]

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    Secretary Salazar at the podium, behind him left to right Mindy Meade of the American Recreation Coalition, Terry Jones, President of the Wolftrap Foundation and Jake Hoagland of the Coalition of National Park Retirees. [Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI]

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    Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, with the Washington Monument in the background. [Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI]

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    Secretary Salazar at the podium as he announces a $750 million investment in national parks. Behind him left to right are Tom Kiernan, President of the National Parks Conservation Association and Mindy Meade of the American Recreation Coalition [Photo Credit: Tami A. Heilemann DOI]

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