{"id":1035,"date":"2016-12-13T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-13T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/?p=1035"},"modified":"2016-12-13T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2016-12-13T19:11:00","slug":"rep-zinke-nominated-for-interior-sec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/rep-zinke-nominated-for-interior-sec\/","title":{"rendered":"Rep. Zinke nominated for Interior Sec."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n<p>President-elect Trump has picked Rep. Zinke (Montana) for the cabinet post of Secretary of Interior.  Here is NWF&#8217;s press release:<\/p>\n<p>Zinke Pick Signals Trump Intends to Keep Public Lands Promise<\/p>\n<p>Washington, DC (Dec. 13, 2016) \u2013 President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly offered Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to be his Secretary of the Interior nominee, a position that<br \/>\nholds great significance for the tens of millions of hunters, anglers, bird watchers, paddlers and other outdoor and wildlife enthusiasts across the country.<br \/>\nThe Secretary of Interior oversees the management of more than 500 million acres of public lands, hundreds of National Parks and Wildlife Refuges, and millions of<br \/>\nnautical square miles of oceans. These public trust resources annually serve hundreds of millions of hunters, anglers, and other outdoor enthusiasts and serve as<br \/>\nthe backbone of America&#8217;s $646 billion outdoor economy, which supports more than six million jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Collin<br \/>\nO&#8217;Mara<https:\/\/www.nwf.org\/News-and-Magazines\/Media-Center\/Faces-of-NWF\/Collin-OMara.aspx>, president and CEO of the National Wildlife Federation, said today:<\/p>\n<p>\u0153Throughout the campaign, President-elect Trump campaigned vigorously for the vote of America&#8217;s hunters and anglers, pledging<http:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/donald-trump-dont-hand-federal-lands-to-states\/> to honor the legacy of President Theodore Roosevelt and to keep America&#8217;s public lands in public hands. In states like Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania, the<br \/>\nvotes from hundreds of thousands sportsmen and women helped the President-elect win these crucial states.<\/p>\n<p>\u0153By offering Rep. Ryan Zinke\u201da sportsman and proponent of keeping public lands public and investing in conservation\u201dthe position of Secretary of the Interior, President-elect Trump is signaling that he intends to keep his promises to America&#8217;s hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts. Rep. Zinke has opposed efforts to sell<br \/>\noff America&#8217;s public lands and has supported investing in wildlife conservation and reauthorizing the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund.<\/p>\n<p>\u0153If Rep. Zinke accepts the nomination, the millions of members of the National Wildlife Federation look forward to hearing his ideas for improving public land<br \/>\nmanagement, increasing access for outdoor recreation, recovering at-risk wildlife populations, reclaiming degraded lands, expanding wildlife-friendly renewable energy development, and strengthening relationships with tribes. We also hope he will affirm previous statements that climate change is real and advocate for common-sense solutions that strengthen our economy, enhance energy independence, reduce emissions, and improve the resilience of wildlife habitat.\u009d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President-elect Trump has picked Rep. Zinke (Montana) for the cabinet post of Secretary of Interior. Here is NWF&#8217;s press release: Zinke Pick Signals Trump Intends to Keep Public Lands Promise Washington, DC (Dec. 13, 2016) \u2013 President-elect Donald Trump has reportedly offered Rep. Ryan Zinke (R-MT) to be his Secretary of the Interior nominee, a &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"anons"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/coloradowildlife.org\/bow\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}