Environmental Meetings and Discussions

Various community meetings addressing environmental issues. Focus on discussions related to oil spills and conservation efforts, with attendees engaged and participating.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-50. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Cooperative Conservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-48. Hurricane Katrina

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for related tours of the area, including stop at the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Cooperative Conservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-49. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

Activities at the Cooperative Conservation Conference, with participants from federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations. Conference was one of the Interior events held in honor of Earth Day 2008.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gila Community College in Payson, Arizona, where he joined Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, and Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin for a meeting with local citizens to discuss forest health, the Endangered Species Act, and other resource management issues

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Photo submitted by GED , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Photo submitted by GED , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-64. Hurricane Katrina

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

Hurricane Katrina, Pascagoula, Miss., November 14, 2005 -- Congressman Gene Taylor (D-MS) (standing left) takes questions from residents affected by Hurricane Katrina. Congressman Taylor has introduced a Katrina relief bill in Congress.

Hurricane Katrina, Ocean Springs, Miss., May 15, 2006 - Congressman Gene Taylor answers Katrina questions from local residents. Michelle Miller-Freeck/FEMA

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the Cooperative Conservation Conference, with participants from federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations. Conference was one of the Interior events held in honor of Earth Day 2008.

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

Office of Water - Urban Waters , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Anacostia River Grant - relating to the Anacostia River Grant and images of Earth Conservation Corps volunteers cleaning up the Anacostia River , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Transformational Leadership Conference (TLC)-Jack Zener , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - CAPITOL HILL OCEANS WEEK

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Polar Max Conference

Department of the Interior senior officials, including U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Acting Director P. Patrick Leahy, at USGS-sponsored presentation on Hurricane Katrina

Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention - Design for the Environment (DfE) Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Oiled waste disposal. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Dauphin Island, Alabama (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Cooperative Conservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-55. Hurricane Katrina

FEMA Informational Meeting at Toms River. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. - Representatives of news and social media outlets are given the opportunity to ask questions of NASA and aerospace contractor management during a post-launch news conference at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California following the successful launch of NASA's Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2, or OCO-2.Liftoff of OCO-2 from Space Launch Complex 2 aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket was on schedule at 5:56 a.m. EDT on July 2 following the repair of the pad's water suppression system, which failed on the first launch attempt July 1. OCO-2 is NASAs first mission dedicated to studying atmospheric carbon dioxide, the leading human-produced greenhouse gas driving changes in Earths climate. OCO-2 will provide a new tool for understanding the human and natural sources of carbon dioxide emissions and the natural "sinks" that absorb carbon dioxide and help control its buildup. The observatory will measure the global geographic distribution of these

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gila Community College in Payson, Arizona, where he joined Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, and Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin for a meeting with local citizens to discuss forest health, the Endangered Species Act, and other resource management issues

Activities at the Cooperative Conservation Conference, with participants from federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations. Conference was one of the Interior events held in honor of Earth Day 2008.

Cooperative Conservation public "listening session" at the Horizon Convention Center Exhibition Hall in Muncie, Indiana, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall on hand to meet attendees and field questions

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Attendees of the Zero Emissions Summit & Expo speak to U.S. Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Jason Woodworth, left, the commanding general of Marine Corps Installations West, Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, and Rear Adm. Brad Rosen, the commander of Navy Region Southwest, during the ZE Summit & Expo at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California, September 7, 2022. The goal of the ZE Summit & Expo was to connect industry innovators with facilitators from government agencies, financial institutions, and other organizations for the specific purpose of reducing environmental carbon dioxide. We are really here to be great partners and neighbors for the community, said Woodworth. We have a mission to do, thats first. In our mission, we are all better if we do this as a group. The MCI-West energy team continues to work on reliability, resilience and efficiency in an effort to ensure all installations are capable of supporting the operating forces and meeting any and all critical and mission-es

At the Mountain Ranch Community Club, residents gather to receive updated disaster recovery information from FEMA Public information Officers. FEMA is working closely with the State of California, The County of Calaveras and the local residents that were affected by severe wildfires that destroyed over 500 homes. Adam DuBrowa FEMA. California Valley Fire and Butte Fire. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

Secretary Gale Norton receiving briefing during visit to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland. Norton also worked alongside conservation volunteers and highlighted results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, and hazardous fuels reduction

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Cooperative Conservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Wimberley, TX, June 4, 2015 FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Kevin Hannes speaks to local residents at a town meeting helped at the local community center. Residents are being urged to register with FEMA if they have been impacted by the recent storms and flooding. To register for disaster assistance lease call 1-800-621-3362 (FEMA) or TTY: 1-800-462-7585 or online at www.disastperassistance.gov or htt:m.fema.gov with a smart hone. Jocelyn. <p>Wimberley, TX, June 4, 2015 -- FEMA Federal Coordinating Officer Kevin Hannes speaks to local residents at a town meeting held at the local community center. Residents are being urged to register with FEMA if they have been impacted by the recent storms and flooding. To register for disaster assistance please call 1-800-621-3362 (FEMA) or TTY: 1-800-462-7585 or online at www.disasterassistance.gov or http://m.fema.gov with a smart phone.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Cooperative Conservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-47. Hurricane Katrina

Wildlife Biologist Kevin Luepke speaks with people planning to deer hunt in the 2022 gun-deer season at Fort McCoy, Wis., while they attend a special Meet and Greet event Nov. 18, 2022, at Whitetail Ridge Ski Area at the installation. The event was organized by Luepke and the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch and included support from the Fort McCoy Permit Sales Office, Fort McCoy Directorate of Emergency Services, and the Fort McCoy Directorate of Family and Morale, Welfare and Recreation. The event gave hunters an opportunity to register firearms. get any permits needed, and talk with post officials about any concerns prior to the season. Dozens of people attended.

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , July 21, 2011 FEMA and some of its Federal Partners hold a question, answer Town Hall meeting for survivors of recent flooding in Minot, North Dakota. FEMA is working with many partners to assist those affected by the flooding. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Department of Justice 100th Anniversary, A Conversation with Lisa Jackson , Environmental Protection Agency

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-51. Hurricane Katrina

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Puget Sound, Washington, where he visited the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Western Fisheries Research Center, participated in discussions and tours of the USGS Puget Sound Cooperative Restoration Project, and conducted a Restoration Project-related press conference, along with Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chairman Billy Frank

Office of the Administrator - Harvard , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - White House Forum on Environmental Justice , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the Cooperative Conservation Conference, with participants from federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations. Conference was one of the Interior events held in honor of Earth Day 2008.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Oiled waste disposal. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Anacostia River Grant - relating to the Anacostia River Grant and images of Earth Conservation Corps volunteers cleaning up the Anacostia River , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gila Community College in Payson, Arizona, where he joined Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, and Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin for a meeting with local citizens to discuss forest health, the Endangered Species Act, and other resource management issues

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Oiled waste disposal. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Earth Conservation Corps , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA FY06 Budget Brief

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-36. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the Cooperative Conservation Conference, with participants from federal and state agencies, nonprofits, and other organizations. Conference was one of the Interior events held in honor of Earth Day 2008.

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Cooperative Conservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - Faith-Based and Community Leaders Addressing Climate Change , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Transformational Leadership Conference (TLC) with P. Senge , Environmental Protection Agency

Activities at the 2007 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest at BIG Arts in Sanibel, Florida, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall among the Interior officials on hand to announce the winning entry, a depiction of a pair of pintail ducks by wildlife artist Joe Hautman of Plymouth, Minnesota. Judges for the competition, selected by the Secretary, included wood sculptor and former major league baseball pitcher Jim Sprankle, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies Executive Director and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Matt Hogan, Springfield, Missouri Arts Council President Jeanie Morris, Smithsonian National Postal Museum Chief Curator for Philately Cheryl Ganz, and wildlife writer-photographer and former Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Eugene Hester.

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Tornado - Joplin, Mo. , June 6, 2011 Libby Turner, Federal Coordinating Officer for the Missouri disaster, answers a question from a Joplin resident. Town Hall meetings are an excellent place for disaster survivors to get information and have questions answered from agencies, like FEMA, who are coordinating recovery efforts. Steve Zumwalt FEMA. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate and NOAA Administrator Dr. Ja.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - National Conversation on Public Health and Chemical Exposures , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Water - Urban Waters , Environmental Protection Agency

Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Project Manager Heather Lockwood and her team joined the City of Virginia Beach and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation for a public meetings at the Brock Environmental Center, Virginia Beach, May 18, 2022.

Office of the Administrator - California - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in San Francisco, California , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Cocodrie, Louisiana and Oil Disaster Meeting in Dulac, Louisiana (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Catherine McCabe addresses joint meeting with Georgetown Environmental Students and Earth Conservation Corps. , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Earth Conservation Corps , Environmental Protection Agency

Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Kurt Campbell, joined by Assistant Administrator Biswal, holds a roundtable discussion with environmental non-government organization (NGO) leaders from Micronesia Conservation Trust, the Nature Conservancy, Conservation Society of Pohnpei, and the Island Food Community of Pohnpei in Palikir, Pohnpei, on July 1, 2011. The conversation highlights NGO efforts to promote conservation at the local and regional levels, challenges faced by low-lying remote atolls, and tools and support available for effective conservation efforts. Participants include Pohnpei State Governor John Ehsa, center, and U.S. Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia Peter A. Prahar, right.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Vice Admiral Thad Allen Visits Hancock County, Mississippi - 26-HK-12-29. Hurricane Katrina

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Cooperative Conservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Lyons, CO Flood

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