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

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 (Stephen L. Johnson) - Hydraulic Hybrid , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials on hand for events, including bird release, promoting the national health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US, at Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota

Office of Research and Development - P3 Exhibits , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Signing ceremony, outside the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, for Executive Order protecting and conserving the striped bass and red drum fish populations, with President George W. Bush joined by Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Maryland Congressman Wayne Gilchrest, Coastal Conservation Association Chairman Walter Fondren, American Sportfishing Association President Mike Nussman, Stripers Forever President Brad Burns, Shimano America Corporation President Dave Pfeiffer, and other dignitaries

Chesapeake Bay - Chesapeake Bay Advisor , Environmental Protection Agency

Ford Motor Company Chairman Bill Ford, far left, showing Secretary Gale Norton, center, and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, to Norton's right, features of the 2005 Ford Escape Hybrid sport utility vehicle, at event, outside Department of Interior headquarters, marking Ford Company's donation of 12 of the gas-electric vehicles to the National Park Federation, for use in National Parks

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.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Senator Event, Barbara Mikulski

Capitol Hill Banquet for the Federal City Chapter of Ducks Unlimited, with Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall and other Interior representatives on hand

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

At a groundbreaking ceremony, participants and guests get ready to dig in, signifying the start of construction on a new roadway through KSC. It is the start of a construction project that includes the Space Experiment Research and Processing Laboratory (SERPL). From left are Dr. Pamella J. Dana, from the executive office of Floridas governor, Jeb Bush; Deputy Associate Administrator Michael Hawes, Space Station, NASA; Sen. George Kirkpatrick; Spaceport Florida Authority Executive Director Ed Gormel; Executive Director Dr. Samuel T. Durrance, Florida Space Research Institute; Floridas Lt. Gov. Frank Brogan; Congressman Dave Weldon; Center Director Roy Bridges Jr.; SFA SERPL Program Manager Debra Holliday; KSC SERPL Program Manager Jan Heuser; District Manager Cheryl Harrison-Lee, Florida Department of Transportation; State Senator Jim Sebesta; and KSC Director JoAnn H. Morgan, External Relations and Business Development. The project is enabled by a partnership and collaboration between

Muxia (La Coruña), 12/03/2002. Visit of HM the King accompanied by Rajoy and Fraga to the town of Muxia, where the cleanup work continues after the Prestige fuel spill. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.

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 - New Orleans , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

VANDENBERG AFB, Calif. -- At Space Launch Complex 3E at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, left, and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden discuss the Landsat Data Continuity Mission, or LDCM, satellite mission with NASA social media followers.The Landsat Data Continuity Mission LDCM is the future of Landsat satellites. It will continue to obtain valuable data and imagery to be used in agriculture, education, business, science, and government. The Landsat Program provides repetitive acquisition of high resolution multispectral data of the Earth's surface on a global basis. The data from the Landsat spacecraft constitute the longest record of the Earth's continental surfaces as seen from space. It is a record unmatched in quality, detail, coverage, and value. Liftoff is planned for Feb. 11, 2013 aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Folsom Dam Overlook and surrounding area, Folsom, California, for tours, meetings with Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other personnel on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project

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

Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits Qasr al-Yahud, in Jordan Valley on November 19, 2020.

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

Photograph, from coverage of Lewis and Clark Bicentennial exhibit launching event in Monticello, Virginia, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

Office of the Administrator - GRID Event , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Participating in Energy Awareness Month Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Congressman Jim Moran from Virginia , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Stockton, California for Take Pride in America school grounds beautification event at Cleveland Elementary School

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Brewer, Maine, where he met with Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) staff and joined FWS Northeast Regional Director Marvin Moriarty and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminsitration General Counsel James Walpole among the federal officials participating in a Cooperative Conservation public "listening session"

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - September 11th Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , Environmental Protection Agency

Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, where he joined National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, Golden Gate National Recreation Area Superintendent Brian O'Neill, and other officials in honoring the collaborative efforts of the Park Service and the community--working through the nonprofit Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy--in carrying out the Crissy Field renovation

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - September 11th Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES MAHONEY

Secretary Gale Norton on tour of waterfront area of Newport, Rhode Island, during visit to the city for the announcement of a Save America's Treasuresprogram grant

The Netherlands, Rotterdam, 2022-09-04. The Global Center on Adaptation, in collaboration with the African Union, the African Development Bank, the International Monetary Fund, the Africa Adaptation Initiative and the Climate Vulnerable Forum, is organising the Africa Climate Change Adaptation Summit to lay the groundwork for a successful adaptation outcome in Africa at COP27. Photography by Martin Bertrand.Pays-Bas, Rotterdam, le 2022-09-04. Le Global Center on Adaptation, en collaboration avec l'Union africaine, la Banque africaine de développement, le Fonds monetaire international, l'Africa Adaptation Initiative et le Climate Vulnerable Forum, organise le Sommet africain de l'adaptation au changement climatique afin de jeter les bases d'une percee de l'adaptation en Afrique lors de la COP27. Photography de Martin Bertrand.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Bell Multicultural High School, Earth Day 2007 Activities , 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

Hurricane Katrina

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, with appearance by 2005 Foundation honoree, actor Bruce Willis, far right

Office of the Administrator - New Orleans , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Presidents Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) Award , Environmental Protection Agency

West, Texas, May 16, 2013 Reporters ask questions during a briefing conducted by the Texas State Fire Marshall's office and the U. S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives on progress in the investigation into the West Fertilizer Co. fire and explosion April 17. While the investigation by law enforcement continues, the Federal Emergency Management Agency is providing disaster assistance to help the community recover. Norman Lenburg/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Yosemite National Park, California, for touring, participation in ceremonies marking the completion of renovations to the historic Tunnel View Overlook. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the celebration of the Tunnel View Overlook Rehabilitation Project, funded by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, were Yosemite Superintendent Mike Tollefson, National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis, Yosemite Fund President Bob Hansen, and other National Park Service, Yosemite Fund, local and tribal government representatives.

Chesapeake Bay Program, Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, Mellon Auditorium , Environmental Protection Agency

Charleston, W.Va., Nov. 3, 2012 Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano arrives in Charleston to meet with elected officials and disaster workers to learn about damage in the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and discuss assistance being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal and state partners. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano arrives in Charleston, WV, to meet with elected officials and disaster workers to learn about damage in the state in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy and discuss assistance being provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal and state partners. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - San Francisco , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton, left, on tour of 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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Senator Event, Barbara Mikulski

Flooding - Rocky Boy's Indian Reservation, Mont. , August 17, 2010 FEMA Region VIII Administrator Robin Finegan views damages on Reservation with Incident Commander Tony Belecourt. 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

Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Potomac Yard , Environmental Protection Agency

Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

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

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken participates in an oceans plastics event, in Nairobi, Kenya, on November 18, 2021.

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

Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency

Wildfires, Del Dios, CA, November 8, 2007 Lake Hodges, Donna Wescott and Carolyn Kendrick give their information to FEMA inspector Dennis Kohli. They rented a home that was completely destroyed by the Witch Creek fire, the largest of four wildfires burning in North San Diego County. It swept through the hills on the south shore of Lake Hodges Tuesday morning, October 23rd destroying approximately 40 homes in the area.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Senator Event, Barbara Mikulski

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 Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Yosemite National Park, California, for touring, participation in ceremonies marking the completion of renovations to the historic Tunnel View Overlook. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the celebration of the Tunnel View Overlook Rehabilitation Project, funded by the National Park Service and the nonprofit Yosemite Fund, were Yosemite Superintendent Mike Tollefson, National Park Service Pacific West Regional Director Jonathan Jarvis, Yosemite Fund President Bob Hansen, and other National Park Service, Yosemite Fund, local and tribal government representatives.

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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

Office of the Administrator - Delaware Energy , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits Mount Bental and delivers joint press statements with Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, in Golan Heights on November 19, 2020.

Moore, Okla., June 12, 2013 Governor Mary Fallin, stops at the memorial set up at Plaza Towers Elementary School to pay her respects during a tour with federal, state and local officials. Residents are encouraged to register with FEMA if they sustained damage during this storm. Moore, OK, June 12, 2013--Governor Mary Fallin, stops at the memorial set up at Plaza Towers Elementary School to pay her respects during a tour with federal, state and local offiicals. Residents are encouraged to register with FEMA if they sustained damage during this storm.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Secretary Gale Norton, left, on tour of 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

Fumioki Hirahata, Akishima-Yokota Friendship Club president, gives remarks during a tree planting ceremony at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Oct. 5, 2022. A cherry tree was planted as a symbol of the friendship between Akishima-Yokota Friendship Club and Yokota Air Base in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the club.

San Agustín de Guadaliz (Madrid), 11/12/2015. Interview with landscaper Fernando Caruncho. Photo: Ernesto Agudo ARCHDC.

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

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman at Chespeake Bay Anacostia River Clean-up function , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES MAHONEY

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES MAHONEY

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

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton plant a tree during a tour of the Kenyan Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) near Nairobi, Kenya August 5, 2009.

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visits the Earth Day Expo at the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C., on April 22, 2014.

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton and Tanzanian Prime Minister Mizengo Pinda plant seedlings at a vegetable farm owned by Mlandizi Corporative Farm, to celebrate the Feed the Future Announcement, a U.S. commitment to support country-led plans that address the root causes of poverty, hunger, and under-nutrition, in Mlandizi, Tanzania, on June 12, 2011.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NEWS CONFERENCE WITH ASSISTANT SECRETARY JAMES MAHONEY

San Agustín de Guadaliz (Madrid), 11/12/2015. Interview with landscaper Fernando Caruncho. Photo: Ernesto Agudo ARCHDC.

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