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Scarlett nominated deputy Interior
Secretary
(Note: This alone should make Red Flags fly en masse: "She's
very smart," said Luther Propst, executive director of the
Sonoran Institute in Tucson, Arizona, who first met Scarlett about
four years ago. "She is really grappling with how can we make
conservation more enduring and more effective in the West, and she
really gives that a lot of her attention." If
the implementers of The Wildlands Project are so delighted with her,
those that value property rights should be at full alert.)
February 8, 2005
Associated Press Breaking News
(no author provided at originating website)
The San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco, California
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Washington, D.C. - Interior Department policy head Lynn Scarlett has
been nominated to become the agency's Number 2 official.
Scarlett, who has been serving as the agency's assistant secretary of
policy, management and budget, will be nominated by President Bush to
become the deputy interior secretary, Interior Secretary Gale Norton
said Tuesday.
She would succeed Steven Griles, who is resigning.
Norton said she was pleased that Scarlett, upon whom Norton already
relies heavily, "will continue as a key member of Interior's
senior leadership team." Scarlett said she was honored by the
opportunity.
"She's very smart," said
Luther Propst, executive director of the Sonoran Institute in Tucson,
Arizona, who first met Scarlett about four years ago. "She is
really grappling with how can we make conservation more enduring and
more effective in the West, and she really gives that a lot of her
attention."
Scarlett has chaired an interagency council for putting into practice
a national [International] firefighting plan against
wildfires, and she continues to help lead another council
forming policy on recreation fees.
Before joining Interior, she was president of the Los Angeles-based
Reason Foundation, a research and advocacy group. She also has done
campaign work for Bush.
On the Net:
Interior Department: http://www.doi.gov
Copyright 2005, The San Francisco Chronicle.
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