Ken Salazar teams up with billionaire Louis Bacon to form PAC
By Kurtis Lee
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Congressional candidates willing to work on land conservation efforts could benefit from a new political action committee announced December 19th.
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At a moment when partisanship and polarization run rampant in Washington
"Voices for conservation need to be lifted," said Salazar, who left the Obama administration earlier this year. "This will be an opportunity to help engage lawmakers in dialogue around conservation and preservation as the country continues to grow."
For example, candidates committed to fighting to replenish the federal Land and Water Conservation Fund could benefit from the PAC.
Will Shafroth, founder of Colorado Conservation Trust and the Great Outdoors Colorado Trust Fund, will serve as the PAC's executive director.
"Conserving land and cultural resources for our children and our children's children is neither a liberal nor a conservative value. It's not Republican or Democratic, neither an urban nor a rural idea," Bacon said in a statement. "It is so important to protect and preserve those physical places that truly define a region — however tough the fight — that we are coming together to help elected officials who support the future over the immediate."
Salazar and Bacon worked in the past to create the Sangre de Cristo Conservation Area in Colorado 'sSan Luis Valley
In coming months, Salazar said the PAC will begin to pinpoint candidates to support in 2014.
"As the country grows, we need to be smarter and focused on conservation," Salazar said.
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