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Ken Salaza r! [not to be confused with the founder of Slytherin :) ]
he used to be a farmer when he lived in Colorado! so he relates to all the farmers and what not
 * from Colorado! a.k.a 5th generation Coloradan
 * 50th secretary of Department of Interior on Jan 20, 2009
 * he's a champion for farmers, ranchers, and rural communities!

=__Mission Statements!  ~To create a renewable energy economy that is less dependent on foreign oil! ~ protect and provide access to our Nation's natural and cultural heritage and honor our trust responsibilities to Indian Tribes and our commitments to island communities.   __ =
 * Resource Protection -protect the nations nature, culture and heritage! * Resource Use - manage resources to keep the economy strong and the earth looking beautiful * Recreation - give the people of the US fun things to do outside and they can be safe and healthy while Proxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 inProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 oxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 20it * Serving Communities - keep everyone safeProxy-Connection: keep-alive Cache-Control: max-age=0 C keep property in good shape, educate the people, and improve the quality of life! * Management Excellence - keep the management super skilled, responsible, modern, functionally integrated, loving the people and loving results and change!

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 * national park service
 * US fish and wildlife service!
 * Bureau of Indian affair!
 * Bureau of land management
 * office of surface mining
 * minerals management service
 * US geological survey
 * Bureau of reclamation

=__Random Facts and stuff to know wooo__ __!__= =__Major Issues__= <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(204, 40, 171);"> //<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255);">__Avian Influenza!__<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;"><span style="color: rgb(215, 40, 40); font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;">__aka the bird flu!__ The department of Interior is working on pandemic preparedness and responsiveness to the Influenza! //<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Verdana; line-height: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;">The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture are working with other Federal and State partners in a coordinated, scientific surveillance program aimed at protecting human and animal health from the impact of avian influenza. = =
 * DOI manages 500 million areas of land
 * manages 479 dams and 348 reservoirs which gives fresh water to farms
 * protects Native Land and conserves energy
 * protects 1,932 endangered species
 * "To expedite production of renewable energy on public lands while protecting land, water, and wildlife, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar pledged to create four Renewable Energy Coordination Offices, one each in California, Nevada, Wyoming, and Arizona, along with smaller renewable energy teams in New Mexico, Idaho, Utah, Colorado and Oregon"

=<span style="color: rgb(215, 40, 40); font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;">__Articles on Avian Influenza:__ = 1. http://www.oie.int/Eng/info_ev/en_AI_avianinfluenza.htm

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<span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); font-family: Georgia, serif;">This Article explains how the influenza is a highly contagious disease that affects several food producing birds such as chicken, turkey, quail as well as pet birds. The OIE's job is to prevent the spread of the disease and educate the people about the symptoms and ways to avoid getting it. ======

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<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;">2. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;">http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16915235 - <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia;">NCBI: <span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 128); font-family: Georgia, serif;">MRC National Institute for Medical Research, The Ridgeway, Mill Hill, London NW7 1AA, UK. <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">This article talks about how if this influenza continues to infect that the world could be in a pandemic. Two anti-influenza drugs currently being used to treat infected patients are oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and zanamivir (Relenza). Scientists are separating the infected people into different groups depending on how infected they become. 3. <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">http://www.cdc.gov/flu/avian/- <span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);">CDC Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Services <span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0);">This article talks about how the avian influenza can occur naturally in birds in their intestines. However these birds rarely get sick but when they do, the virus is contagious and can be passed along to many food baring foul. They pass the virus from their saliva, secretions and feces. Along with the main avian influenza, there are many subtypes of viruses. The virus that humans usually get are H5N1 but can be treated. Oseltamivir and zanamivir are 2 types of antivirus medications for H5N1. ====== =<span style="font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">__Hey Obama!__ <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Georgia, serif;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 128, 0); font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;">  = <span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; color: rgb(204, 40, 171);"><span style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(210, 86, 86);"> Due to the growing pandemic of the Avian Influenza, I recommend that desperate measures should be taken because catching a deadly virus from a bird is disgusting. Food baring birds should be kept in clean facilities instead of dirty crowded pens. Chickens for instance, should be kept in sterile houses that are cleaned daily and fed the proper nutrients. If a bird does get infected, each chicken in the area should be cleaned and checked immediately and disposed of. Instead of birds being kept by the hundreds in one certain area, smaller groups should be kept together to make cleaning and disinfecting a lot easier. Before chicken or other edible birds can be manufactured and eaten, strict and thorough cleansing must be administered before humans can eat them. If a human gets the infection they must be kept in isolation until cured. :)

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