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Interior Secretary

Oct 10, 2013

Brewer discusses Grand Canyon reopening with feds, but no deal yet

Gov. Jan Brewer spoke briefly with U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell about options for reopening Grand Canyon National Park using state and private funds, but no agreements have been reached, the Governor’s Office reported.

In this March 4, 1999, file photo, Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt, right, talks to President Bill Clinton at the Interior Department in Washington, during a 150th anniversary celebration of the department. Babbitt is blasting as “radical” a Republican proposal to open up more than 50 million acres of public lands to logging and other development. (AP Photo/Doug Mills, File)
Feb 5, 2013

Former Gov. Babbitt calls on Obama, Congress to focus on conservation efforts

Former Arizona Gov. Bruce Babbitt called for more active land preservation by the federal government Tuesday, criticizing what he called Washington’s neglect of public lands.

Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, shown in a photo from March, is not seeking a new job, his office said, but a coalition of groups has urged the president to name him secretary of Interior should the job come open. (Cronkite News Service photo by Dustin Volz)
Dec 11, 2012

Interior Secretary Grijalva? Lawmaker cool to effort pushing him for Cabinet

A coalition of 238 groups urged President Barack Obama on Monday to nominate Rep. Raul Grijalva, D-Tucson, for the position of Interior Secretary should the job become open.

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