Photos from the New Mexico AGO Listening Sessions
Public Comments
America’s Great Outdoors Public Listening Session Notes
Albuquerque, NM - July 17, 2010
Taken by: A representative from the Department of Interior/USDA
NOTE: These notes summarize some of the discourse during the public listening session. They are not an official transcript and do not reflect administration policy.
Albuquerque Event:
Exactly 100 people signed in at the Youth event.
We had 266 sign in for the Main Session. However, we had 300 chairs in the room when it was all said and done and there was overflow so we are estimating that some got by the registration tables. We had at least 310 based on the seats available.
Principals participating in Youth Event, Main Listening Session and Breakout Sessions on behalf of federal government:
1. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (Youth and Main Listening Session Speaker)
2. Senator Jeff Bingaman (Main Listening Session Speaker)
3. USDA Under Secretary of Natural Resources and Environment Harris Sherman (Youth, Main Session Speaker and Breakout)
4. Interior Assistant Secretary for Water and Science Anne Castle (Youth, Main Session Speaker and Breakout)
5. White House Council on Environmental Quality Amy Salzman (Youth, Main Session and Breakout)
6. Reclamation Commissioner Mike Connor (Youth, Main Session Speaker and Breakout)
7. Bureau of Land Management Deputy Director Marcilynn Burke (Main Session and Breakout)
8. Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish, Wildlife and Parks William Shafroth (Main Session and Breakout)