America's Great Outdoors Listening Session in Chesapeake Bay Region

Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar was joined by Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley, USDA Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Harris Sherman and Environmental Protection Agency Deputy Director Bob Perciasepe to host a public listening session on how to conserve lands in the Chesapeake Bay watershed and open up the region's extraordinary recreational opportunities to more Americans. The listening session, one of a series taking place across the country, was part of President Obama's America's Great Outdoors Initiative to develop a conservation agenda worthy of the 21st century and to reconnect Americans with the great outdoors.

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    Left to right: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar; Robert Etgen, Executive Director, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy; Annette Gantt, President and CEO, Earth Conservation Corps; Chris Miller, President, Piedmont Environmental Council; Jacqueline M. Carrera, President and CEO, Parks & People Foundation; Ta Brant, PA Wilds Small Business Ombudsman. Tami Heilemann-DOI

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    Left to right: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar; Robert Etgen, Executive Director, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy; Annette Gantt, President and CEO, Earth Conservation Corps; Chris Miller, President, Piedmont Environmental Council; Jacqueline M. Carrera, President and CEO, Parks & People Foundation; Ta Brant, PA Wilds Small Business Ombudsman. Tami Heilemann-DOI

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    Left to right: Interior Secretary Ken Salazar; Robert Etgen, Executive Director, Eastern Shore Land Conservancy; Annette Gantt, President and CEO, Earth Conservation Corps; Chris Miller, President, Piedmont Environmental Council; Jacqueline M. Carrera, President and CEO, Parks & People Foundation; Ta Brant, PA Wilds Small Business Ombudsman. Tami Heilemann-DOI

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    Harris Sherman, Under Secretary USDA; Maryland Senator Ben Cardin; Congressman John Sarbanes; Interior Secretary Ken Salazar; Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley; Bob Perciaseppe, Deputy Administrator EPA. Tami Heilemann-DOI

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    Maryland Senator Ben Cardin; Congressman John Sarbanes; Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley; Bob Perciaseppe, Deputy Administrator EPA; Interior Secretary Ken Salazar. Tami Heilemann-DOI

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    Maryland Congressman John Sarbanes, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, and Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley at the America's Great Outdoors public listening session in the Chesapeake Bay. Tami Heilemann-DOI

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