On Pulling Weeds With Salazar - Outside Jobs Versus Flipping Burgers

US Department of Interior, Secretary Ken Salazar, with members of the Youth Conservation Corps. Image credit:Jackie Ostfeld, Sierra Club staff. This scares me: Kids get outside 50% less today than they did 20 years ago, and if they’re not being taught to explore, enjoy, and protect wilderness and wildlife habitat - then who will take that on 20 years from now? Who will fight for protections in courtrooms and Congress? Turns out that Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is bothered by this situation, too. That’s why on Monday, when the Obama administration - led by the First Lady - rolled out United We Serve, Salazar set...