SEATTLE (AP) — U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar plans to visit Washington state Wednesday to discuss local efforts to preserve Bureau of Land Management lands in the San Juan Islands.
BLM is currently developing a management plan for about 445,000 acres of public lands in Eastern Washington and the San Juan Islands.
Salazar plans to be in Anacortes and Seattle.
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