News release: “Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar released the Department’s Strategic Plan for 2011-2016, outlining the Department’s goals for America’s Great Outdoors, commitments to American Indian communities and responsible natural resource development. The five-year plan also emphasizes the Administration’s commitment to stronger science-based decision-making, higher ethical standards for employees as well as greater transparency and accountability to the American public…The Department’s programs support about $370 billion in economic activity each year. In terms that cannot be translated into dollars and cents, Interior offers unparalleled recreational opportunities in America’s national parks, wildlife refuges and other public areas, protects the Nation’s monuments and priceless landscapes, conserves wildlife and fisheries, preserves and interprets cultural sites that tell America’s story and manages vital water and energy resources.”