For Immediate Release
February 6, 2013
Contacts: Trey Pollard, Sierra Club, (202) 495-3058
Sierra Club Statement on Nomination of Sally Jewell as Secretary of the Interior
(Washington, DC) – Today, President Obama will reportedly nominate REI CEO Sally Jewell to be the next Secretary of the Interior.
Sierra Club Executive Director Michael Brune released the following statement in response:
“Whether it’s been through her work to get more kids outside or her accomplishments in building a business that recognizes the passion Americans have to explore the outdoors, Sally Jewell has demonstrated that she knows just how important our wild places are to our national legacy and our economy.
"There are few more outspoken or dedicated champions in the effort to connect children with nature than Sally Jewell, who has provided critical support to the Sierra Club Inner City Outings program and played an integral role in founding the Outdoors Alliance for Kids.
"In Jewell, President Obama chose a leader with a demonstrated commitment to preserving the higher purposes public lands hold for all Americans – recreation, adventure, and enjoyment. We look forward to working closely with her to preserve more of those benefits and more of our natural heritage by designating new national monuments, protecting America’s Arctic from risky drilling, and keeping dirty and dangerous fracking out of our public lands.”
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