Media Contact: Nedra Darling, OPA-IA Phone: 202-219-4152
For Immediate Release: February 19, 2009

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar will hold a media roundtable tomorrow – Friday, Feb. 20, 2009 -- to discuss how the department will swiftly and responsibly implement President Obama’s economic recovery plan in order to help create jobs, generate economic activity in local communities, and renew our national parks, national wildlife refuges and other public lands and resources.

The 12:15 p.m. roundtable will be held in Conference Room 5160 at the Main Interior Building and will also be available to news media via a moderated teleconference. Media wishing to attend the roundtable should arrive at Interior no later than 11:45 a.m. and after security screening will be escorted to the conference room. Media wishing to participate in the interactive teleconference should call 1-888-889-1035 and enter the access code 7712644.

Who: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar

What: Media Roundtable on Department of the Interior implementation of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

When: Friday, Feb. 20, 2009. 12:15 p.m. Eastern Standard Time, 11:15 a.m. Central Standard Time; 10:15 a.m. Mountain Standard Time; 9:15 a.m. Pacific Standard Time

Where: Main Interior Building, 1849 C Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20240

Media Teleconference: News media wishing to participate in the interactive teleconference should call 1-888-889-1035 and enter the access code 7712644.