Environmental Conferences and Leaders

Images showcase various environmental conferences with government officials discussing conservation efforts and initiatives. The mood is serious and collaborative.

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

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

Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, where Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Washoe Tribe of California and Nevada Chairman Waldo Walker, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum focusing on reducing wildfire risks in the area as well as the impact of global warming on Lake Tahoe. In his Summit address, Secretary Kempthorne announced more than $140 million in funding for conservation, restoration, wildfire protection, recreation, and capital improvement projects for Lake Tahoe and Nevada--the ninth round of funding under the Southern Nevada Public Land Management Act.

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

Office of the Administrator - San Francisco , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.

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

Hurricane Katrina, Bay St. Louis, MS, March 20, 2008 -- Mississippi Congressman Gene Taylor speaks at a press conference in Bay St. Louis. Governor Haley Barbour, U.S. Senator Roger Wicker and U.S. Representative Taylor announced $200 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for Hancock County Katrina recovery projects, including the rebuilding of the Hancock County Jail and financing an extensive renovation of downtown Bay St. Louis. Jennifer Smits/FEMA

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydrogen Car , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.

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

Office of the Deputy Administrator - September 11th Remembrance , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Staten Island, N.Y., June 21, 2013 NY Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Willie Nunn toured hospital facilities, at Staten Island University Hospital and the Richmond University Medical Center, with local officials, hospital executives and Congressional staff members. They discussed possible mitigation strategies to avoid possible flooding and loss of power from future storms by elevating critical infrastructure such as generators. K.C.Wilsey/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Monroe, Michigan, where he joined Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Michigan Lieutenant Governor John Cherry, Jr., Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and other officials for press conference and signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College marking the inclusion of the Plum Creek Bay into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clean Diesel, Diesel Technology Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

President's Environmental Youth Awards, National Winners - White House, President G. W. Bush, EPA Administrator Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Durango, Colorado, for participation in ceremonies marking the near completion of the main features of the Bureau of Reclamation's Animas-La Plata Project, including construction of the Ridges Basin Dam and Basin Creek drop structures, the Durango Pumping Plant, and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event were Interior Solicitor David Bernhardt, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson, Colorado Senator--and future Interior Secretary--Ken Salazar, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Chairman Clement Frost of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Chairman Ernest House of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and President Joe Shirley of the Navajo Nation, among other federal, state, and local officials.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Wyoming visit , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydrogen Car , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clean Diesel, Diesel Technology Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states

Events at Main Interior and surrounding area marking 50th anniversary of the Student Conservation Association (SCA) and its National Park Service partnership, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Deputy Director Lyndi Harvey, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, U.S. Geological Survey Director Mark Myers, Forest Service Associate Chief Sally Collins, Washington Congressman Norman Dicks, and SCA founder Elizabeth Cushman Titus Putnam among the dignitaries joining more than 500 student environmental leaders from around the nation. Students participated in the SCA's EarthVision, a first-of-its-kind youth conservation summit.

Presentation 'Munitions Waste and Salvage in the Baltic Sea' at the meeting of the Foreign Ministers of the Council of the Baltic Sea States in Wismar, 01.06.2023., Wismar, Germany, Europe

Cooperative Conservation public "listening session" and related activities at the Spokane Convention Center, Spokane, Washington, with Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Stephen Johnson, EPA Acting Regional Administrator-Seattle, Ron Kreizenbeck, Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, and representatives of the Northeast Washington Forestry Coalition among the featured guests

American Recreation Coalition (ARC) 2006 Sheldon Coleman Great Outdoors Award ceremony and reception, with presentations by ARC President Derrick Crandall and other ARC officials, and award acceptance by Congressman Thomas Petri of Wisconsin

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Monroe, Michigan, where he joined Michigan Congressman John Dingell, Michigan Lieutenant Governor John Cherry, Jr., Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur, and other officials for press conference and signing ceremony at Monroe County Community College marking the inclusion of the Plum Creek Bay into the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - San Antonio , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the National Football League's pre-Super Bowl XLII interactive theme park, The NFL Experience, in Glendale, Arizona, where Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Americcan Recreation Coalition President Derrick Crandall, and other officials for outdoor recreation promotions

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Wyoming visit , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Secretary of the Interior, Dirk Kempthorne is greeted by Ginnie Grilley, Bureau of Land Management Eugene District Manager, as he arrives at Checkermallow in the West Eugene Wetlands November 2, 2006

Secretary Gale Norton, center, with United Tribes Technical College President David Gipp, to her left, on tour of the College in Bismarck, North Dakota. College is operated by North Dakota's five principal tribes. Photograph was used in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, California, for touring, discussions with Aquarium officials and staff

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Colorado Water Congress in Denver, attended by Secretary Gale Norton for discussion of challenge grants for water conservation projects under Water 2025 Initiative, water agreements involving the Black Canyon of the Gunnison and Great Sand Dunes National Park, and other Western policy issues

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Durango, Colorado, for participation in ceremonies marking the near completion of the main features of the Bureau of Reclamation's Animas-La Plata Project, including construction of the Ridges Basin Dam and Basin Creek drop structures, the Durango Pumping Plant, and Ridges Basin Inlet Conduit. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the event were Interior Solicitor David Bernhardt, Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Robert Johnson, Colorado Senator--and future Interior Secretary--Ken Salazar, Colorado Governor Bill Ritter, Chairman Clement Frost of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe, Chairman Ernest House of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe, and President Joe Shirley of the Navajo Nation, among other federal, state, and local officials.

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

Wildfire - Sylmar, Calif. , March 12, 2009 Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa thanks CalEMA Deputy State Coordinating Officer Tom Maruyama as FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Mark Neveau looks on in front of a flag firefighters saved during a November 2008 wildfire that destroyed most of the Oakridge Mobile Home Park in Sylmar, California. The firefighters presented the flag as a symbol of hope for the displaced residents. Oakridge lost 500 of the 600 homes in the park. Barbara Pritchard/FEMA. California Wildfires. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Secretary Gale Norton with President of Wal-Mart Stores Division, Mike Duke, right, at National Geographic Society in Washington, D.C., celebrating partnership between the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and Wal-Mart under which Wal-Mart will fund $35 million "Acres for America" habitat protection

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

California Governor Gray Davis, Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada events marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water

California Governor Gray Davis with Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing event for Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Watershed Education Agreement, Chesapeake Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Program, Chesapeake Watershed Education Agreement, Chesapeake Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) Awards , 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

Ceremonial planting of blight-resistant American chestnut tree, outside the headquarters of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at Interior, to mark OSM's 30th anniversary. Among dignitaries participating in the event were Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, OSM Appalachian Region Director (soon to become OSM Director) Brent Wahlquist, National Mining Association President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig Naasz, and American Chestnut Foundatiion President Marshal Case.

Flooding - West Warwick, R. I. , March 19, 2010 Rhode Island Senator Sheldon Whitehouse and FEMA officials speak with local residents during a tour of a flood impacted community. Darby Duffin/FEMA. Rhode Island Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Clean Air Locomoitve and Marine Diesel Rule, Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Press conference and related activities, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at Main Interior, providing the official roll-out for the Centennial Initiative, including the public-private fund matching Centennial Challenge, designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016

Office of Water - AR South Courtyard , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Deputy Administrator - September 11th Remembrance , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Crowd at ceremonies at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada, marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Conference for Ethics Officials and Practitioners , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the National Football League's pre-Super Bowl XLII interactive theme park, The NFL Experience, in Glendale, Arizona, where Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Americcan Recreation Coalition President Derrick Crandall, and other officials for outdoor recreation promotions

Press conference and related activities, led by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at Main Interior, providing the official roll-out for the Centennial Initiative, including the public-private fund matching Centennial Challenge, designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016

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

Boston, Massachusetts harbor area tour for Secretary Gale Norton during her visit to the city for announcement of an historic preservation grant

Severe Storm Tornado - Joplin, Mo. , September 22, 2011 Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano (middle), FEMA Deputy Administrator Richard Serino (right) and Secretary of Education Arne Duncan tour the damaged high school. Just four months after a tornado destroyed the school, students were able to start the new school year on time in temporary facility.. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Avian Flu brief , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and University of Texas at Austin President Greg Fenves stand in front of a solar field at the University's Pickle Research Center as they deliver remarks following a business roundtable on clean energy in Austin, Texas, on April 27, 2016.

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

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Executive Council , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Zoo, Washington, D.C., for touring, press conference launch of the Tiger Conservation Initiative. The Secretary joined numerous dignitaries, among them National Zoo Director John Berry, actor and Conservation International board member Harrison Ford, actor Robert Duvall, World Bank Group President Robert Zoellick, National Zoo Ecology Center Head Conservator John Seidensticker, and International Tiger Coalition spokesperson Grace Ge Gabriel, at the event.

California Governor Gray Davis with Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada signing event for Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson in St. Louis , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Executive Council (CEC) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Columbia, Missouri - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boonslick Gateway Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Rural Legacy Areas with Adminstrator Stephen Johnson and Maryland Governor Bob Ehrlich , Environmental Protection Agency

National Fish Habitat Action Plan signing event, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett joining Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) President John Cooper, and AFWA Executive Vice President John Baughman in the commitment to measures aimed at promoting public-private fish habitat partnerships across the country, and protection of all healthy and intact habitats by 2015, among other goals

Activities at the National Football League's pre-Super Bowl XLII interactive theme park, The NFL Experience, in Glendale, Arizona, where Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Americcan Recreation Coalition President Derrick Crandall, and other officials for outdoor recreation promotions

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Executive Council (CEC) , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Ceremonial planting of blight-resistant American chestnut tree, outside the headquarters of the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM) at Interior, to mark OSM's 30th anniversary. Among dignitaries participating in the event were Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, OSM Appalachian Region Director (soon to become OSM Director) Brent Wahlquist, National Mining Association President and Chief Executive Officer Kraig Naasz, and American Chestnut Foundatiion President Marshal Case.

Sustainability Base Ground Breaking ceremony with Lt. Governor John Garamendi of California with Pete Worden, Director Ames Research Center on right.

Participating in Energy Awareness Month Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clean Diesel, Diesel Technology Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - World Water Monitoring Day , Environmental Protection Agency

Clean Air Locomoitve and Marine Diesel Rule, Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, at Norton's left, 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 of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

California Governor Gray Davis with Assistant Secretary for Water and Science, Bennett Raley, at Hoover Dam, Boulder City, Nevada events marking Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water

Christine Todd Whitman at Anacostia with DC Mayor Anthony Williams , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - BP Solar , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Clean Diesel, Diesel Technology Forum , Environmental Protection Agency

Press conference, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, announcing the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects to be funded in 2008. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Colorado Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, Washington Congressmen Norman Dicks and Brian Baird, West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall, Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt, Utah Congressman Rob Bishop, National Park Service's National Capital Parks-East Superintendent Gayle Hazelwood, and National Park Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the many dignitaries participating in the event. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in

Activities at the National Football League's pre-Super Bowl XLII interactive theme park, The NFL Experience, in Glendale, Arizona, where Interior Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks, R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., joined Agriculture Under Secretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Americcan Recreation Coalition President Derrick Crandall, and other officials for outdoor recreation promotions

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