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March 11, 2013

Sally Jewell's pick shows growing influence of U.S. outdoor industry

  • Oil and gas trade groups aren't opposing the REI CEO as interior secretary, but there are concerns she might favor her own industry over others.
    • By NICHOLAS RICCARDI
    Associated Press

    SALT LAKE CITY — She doesn't wear a cowboy hat favored by traditional picks for interior secretary. Sally Jewell prefers fleece and Gore-Tex jackets and wears a safety helmet when she needs it for scaling cliffs, skiing or kayaking.

    Jewell, the 56-year-old chief of Recreational Equipment Inc., represents a new face for a cabinet post more often associated with ranching or oil, gas and mining development. The fact that a mountain-climbing CEO of an outdoors company is President Barack Obama's nominee underscores a new reality in Washington and beyond: the growing influence of outdoor recreation as a political and economic force.


     
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