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Salazar earns cheers, jeers as he exits Interior by Thomas Burr The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 16, 2013 04:37PM MDT Washington • The departure of Interior Secretary Ken Salazar drew cheers from Utah’s Republicans in Congress, job-well-done accolades from environmental groups and a cautious fear and optimism from both sides about who might fill the job overseeing America’s public lands. Salazar’s tenure at Interior, which owns or manages some 42 percent of Utah’s landmass, has galvanized rural activists and conservatives concerned about what they see as swaths of the state being locked away from oil and gas e... Copyright 2013 The Salt Lake Tribune. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.