Glynn Wilson

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Interior Department Secretary Ken Salazar toured the Gulf Coast this week and stopped off in the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge on Wednesday to lay some boom, meet the people and and gather information — and to deliver President Obama’s message that the federal government is “on the job” and “will not rest” until the crisis is under control. The Colorado rancher also came to see for himself the beauty and significance of South Alabama’s coastal environment, now facing an imminent threat from BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil well — still spewing 210,000 gallons of oil a day into the Gulf of Mexico. He took a boat ride on Little Lagoon, and held a press conference on the banks of Gator Lake just before sunset. (A full story, photo essay and video will be posted in awhile, after some great endangered South Alabama shrimp and a little refreshment.)

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