Conservation and Site Visits

Women in outdoor settings discussing environmental restoration projects, demonstrating collaboration in conservation efforts and federal initiatives.

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes. Photograph was used in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, left, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey ofthe extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

Visit of Washington Senator Maria Cantwell, far left, Secretary Gale Norton, center, and Oregon Congressman Greg Walden, right, to the U.S. Geological Survey's Cascades Volcano Observatory in Vancouver, Washington, where they received a tour and briefing on the status of Mount St. Helens, focal point of concern after steam-and-ash emission

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Closeup of Secretary Gale Norton during her visit to northwest Oregon for forest tours and discussions with Bureau of Land Management staff, lumber company officials, and others on logging practices, after President's announcement of Healthy Forests Initiative on forest thinning, underbrush clearing, controlled burns

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Secretary Gale Norton in Warm Springs, Oregon to participate in events marking an agreement among federal authorities, Warm Springs Reservation tribal leaders, Portland General Electric, and other parties concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and hydroelectric facility relicensing

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and other officials, to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Secretary Gale Norton in vicinity of Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Brownfields 2009 - Sustainable Communites Start Here , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Secretary Gale Norton in vicinity of Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Appearance by Secretary Gale Norton at the Great Lakes Lighthouse Conference, Northwestern Michigan College, Traverse City, Michigan, to announce transfer of four Michigan lighthouses, one Washington lighthouse from Coast Guard to state, county, non-profit control; and to bestow lighthouse awards

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Secretary Gale Norton at National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Office of the Administrator - Fort Collins, Colorado and San Antonio, Texas , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other officials

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, center, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey of the extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other officials

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Office of the Administrator - Boston-New Bedford , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Madison, Wisconsin , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, to view the renovation project for the historic Cliff House, set to open in August, 2004

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, at Norton's left, and other officials, to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Closeup of Secretary Gale Norton during her visit to northwest Oregon for forest tours and discussions with Bureau of Land Management staff, lumber company officials, and others on logging practices, after President's announcement of Healthy Forests Initiative on forest thinning, underbrush clearing, controlled burns

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Cabrillo National Monument and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California, as part of her Earth Day 2004 Western tour

Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, to view the renovation project for the historic Cliff House, set to open in August, 2004

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Office of the Administrator - Madison, Wisconsin , Environmental Protection Agency

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Secretary Gale Norton among the attendees at the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Fire Wildfire - Sylmar, Calif. , November 28, 2008 FEMA Community Relations (CR) representative Sue Phillips discussing Individual Assistance (IA) with a resident of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park. CR representatives go door to door to disseminate information about FEMA programs directly to the people affected by a disaster. . California Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Secretary Gale Norton in vicinity of Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, left, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey ofthe extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey of the extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island. Behind Norton are Foundation Executive Director John Berry, left, and actor and Foundation honoree Bruce Willis

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency

Montana Governor Judy Martz speaking at the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

I AM Joplin. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, wife Patricia, and Secretary's aides to Grand Teton National Park in Wyoming, for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, activities related to the dedication ceremony for the new Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center. Secretary Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Grand Teton Superintendent Mary Gibson Scott among the Interior officials on hand for the event.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, left, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey ofthe extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials. Photograph was used in Interior video on the Norton tenure

Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, left, with Secretary Gale Norton, speaking to reporters about forest management issues during tour of the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. Area, in Coronado National Forest, was affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

Office of the Administrator - John Eager Howard Elementary School Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Lake Champlain Basin Program, Vermont , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, left, among officials on hand for press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where Norton announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, conservation, habitat protection, Lake Tahoe restoration projects

Secretary Gale Norton, left, among officials on hand for press conference at Red Spring site in Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area, near Las Vegas, Nevada, where Norton announced approval of $1.08 billion, under Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act, for parks and trails, capital improvement, conservation, habitat protection, Lake Tahoe restoration projects

Office of the Administrator - Fresno, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, center, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey of the extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Administrator - World Water Monitoring Day. America's Clean Water Foundation, International Water Association. , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Flooding - Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Mont. , August 17, 2010 FEMA Region VIII Administrator Robin Finegan views damages on Reservation with FEMA and Tribal officials. On June 13th, the Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation sustained significant damage to their communities infrastructure, which included roads, water system and their Health Clinic. Andrea Booher/FEMA. Montana Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Gale Norton, far left, touring the Mount Graham International Observatory, near Safford, Arizona. During the visit, Secretary Norton discussed forest management issues relevant to the area, affected by the summer's massive Nuttall and Gibson forest fires

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at ceremony at the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, marking 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Mackinac Island, Michigan for address on national energy issues to the Detroit Regional Chamber of Commerce's annual Mackinac Policy Conference at the Grand Hotel; and for tours of the environs

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, to view the renovation project for the historic Cliff House, set to open in August, 2004

Secretary Gale Norton speaking at National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event, co-hosted by ESPN Outdoors, on New York City's Randall's Island. Behind Norton are Foundation Executive Director John Berry, left, and actor and Foundation honoree Bruce Willis

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours, discussions, and ceremonies marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Birch Aquarium at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, California, for a speech on exploration of alternative energy sources, and for a tour of the aquarium and the Scripps Institution environs

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, left, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey ofthe extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials

Office of the Administrator - Santa Barbara , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2010 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton in the vicinity of the Pelton Reregulating Hydroelectric Dam in Warm Springs, Oregon, during her visit to participate in events marking a federal, tribal, corporate agreement concerning Deschutes River ecological protection and Portland General Electric hydroelectric facility relicensing

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