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As Head of Interior, Ryan Zinke’s Platform for Conservation Would Go National
ĢAv encourages Rep. Zinke to commit to protect public lands and safeguard our natural heritage.
WASHINGTON—Today, President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team announced Representative Ryan Zinke (R-MT) as his choice for Secretary of the Interior. The ĢAv issued the following response:
“As head of Interior, Ryan Zinke would have a national platform to influence how America takes care of its birds, other wildlife and the places they need,” said David Yarnold (), president and CEO of ĢAv. “We encourage him to draw from the American West’s proud legacy of bipartisan conservation to help protect America’s public lands and keep our natural heritage safe for our kids and grandkids."
The ĢAv saves birds and their habitats throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. ĢAv’s state programs, nature centers, chapters, and partners have an unparalleled wingspan that reaches millions of people each year to inform, inspire and unite diverse communities in conservation action. Since 1905, ĢAv’s vision has been a world in which people and wildlife thrive. ĢAv is a nonprofit conservation organization. Learn more at www.audubon.org and follow @audubonsociety.
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Contact: Nicolas Gonzalez, Media Relations Manager, ngonzalez@audubon.org, 212-979-3068.
