"Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne Selected to Lead Interior Department"

By MICHAEL JANOFSKY - New York Times {Free registration required}

"'He represents a continuation of five years of an administration policy of exploiting public lands for oil and gas development and other resource extraction,' said Philip E. Clapp, president of the National Environmental Trust. 'President Bush could not have named a Western governor more in line with this administration.'"

And you were expecting what exactly?