Safari Club International (SCI) expressed its support for President-Elect Barack Obama's choice of Colorado Senator Ken Salazar as his Administration's next Interior Secretary.

Senator Salazar is currently a member of the Congressional Sportsmen's Caucus and has been a consistent pro-sportsman vote since he came to Washington, D.C. in 2004. With this appointment, President-Elect Obama has made the logical choice of an Interior Secretary who understands the sportsmen's legacy of hunting and conservation on America's public lands.

"We are pleased that President-Elect Obama has resisted the pressure from anti-hunting groups to name an anti-hunting extremist to this important post," said SCI President Merle Shepard. "Senator Salazar's pro-hunting votes over the past four years in Washington, and his support for access to federal lands for hunting throughout his entire career in Colorado will prove to be invaluable for sportsmen and women during this Administration."

Shepard continued, "SCI looks forward to working with Senator Salazar in the Obama Administration to make sure the hunter's voice is heard on every issue that affects hunting, hunters or science-based wildlife management."

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