Environmental Meetings and Summits

Images of various individuals attending environmental meetings, including discussions on forest health and recreation awards, set in professional settings.

Department of the Interior senior officials, including U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Acting Director P. Patrick Leahy, at USGS-sponsored presentation on 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 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

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 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

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 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

Earth Day, politicals with Mike Leavitt , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

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 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Hands for Habitat

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman Rewards RADON Action Month poster contest winner , Environmental Protection Agency

Christine Todd Whitman dinner , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response - School Chemical Cleanup Campaign (SC3) - Decatur , Environmental Protection Agency

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.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff, and joined Bomar for a press conference announcement of more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

ESA Recognition in Crystal City , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, aides to Gulf Coast to view damage from Hurricane Katrina

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , Environmental Protection Agency

ESA Recognition in Crystal City , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton in Warm Springs, Oregon to participate in events marking an agreement among federal officials, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs Reservation leaders, Portland General Electric managers, and others concerning Deschutes River ecological protection, hydroelectric relicensing

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Wetlands Awards

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - OCEAN DAY

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 to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Wetlands Awards

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 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Wetlands Awards

Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

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 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

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

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

Earth Day, politicals with Mike Leavitt , Environmental Protection Agency

Clear Cards; Tom Gibson; Chief of Staff; Christine Todd Whitman , Environmental Protection Agency

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

National Park Foundation meeting at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials attending

Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

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.

Mike Leavitt , Environmental Protection Agency

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 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station

National Park Foundation meeting at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials attending

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in East Orland, Maine. Photograph was selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on Norton tenure

Mike Leavitt's 1st All Hands Meeting in Mellon auditorium , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Gale Norton speaking to National Park Service staff during Curry Village stop on her tour of Yosemite National Park, California. Norton's visit was designed to promote Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlight Earth Day priorities

ESA Recognition in Crystal City , Environmental Protection Agency

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-216. Hurricane Katrina

Press conference, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, New Mexico Senator Pete Domenici, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director H. Dale Hall, announcing the impending reintroduction of 11 aplomado falcons to New Mexico--a step toward the full restoration of this bird population (the only domestic falcons still listed as endangered) to the southwestern U.S.

, Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff, and joined Bomar for a press conference announcement of more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA STRATEGIC PLAN AND STAKE HOLDERS PLAN

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - National Wetlands Awards

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

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

Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-72. Hurricane Katrina

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Coastal America Symposium

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

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

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

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-215. Hurricane Katrina

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 Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPTS) Celebrates as the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) turns 25 , Environmental Protection Agency

Tour by Secretary Gale Norton of the Augusta Canal National Heritage Area, Augusta, Georgia, during visit to community for ceremony marking designation of six Georgia locales as Preserve America sites

Working Capital Fund - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Conference on Ocean Literacy

President's Environmental Youth Awards - President's Environmental Youth Awards, Teams , Environmental Protection Agency

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - OCEAN DAY

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, aides to Gulf Coast to view damage from Hurricane Katrina

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 1ST FEDERAL ADVISORY MEETING OPENING SESSION

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Coastal America Symposium

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

Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Children's Environmental Health Champions. Protect Children, Protect Our Future , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff, and joined Bomar for a press conference announcement of more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

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

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

American Indian Tribal Affirmation meeting , 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

Department of the Interior University Executive Forum, featuring lecture by Michael Grunwald, Washington Post reporter and author of the Everglades history, The Swamp

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

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, front, and Secretary Gale Norton on National Public Lands Day promotional visit to Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, joining volunteers working on Lockhouse 8 renovation, sponsored by the Park Service and Potomac Conservancy

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

Secretary Gale Norton on National Public Lands Day promotional visit to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, joining volunteers working on renovating Lockhouse 8 for use as education center. Project is a partnership of National Park Service and the Potomac Conservancy

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff, and joined Bomar for a press conference announcement of more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge, North America's first international refuge, on the Michigan borderwith Canada. Norton marked successes of public-private, U.S.-Canada partnerships for wildlife protection, environmental restoration in the region

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , Environmental Protection Agency

, Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - OCEAN DAY

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - OCEAN DAY

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Transformational Leadership Conference (TLC) with David Suzuki , Environmental Protection Agency

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , 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.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on Forest Service tour during his visit to Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park on the shores of Lake Tahoe to participate in the annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Summit, where he joined Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, California Senator Dianne Feinstein, and other federal, state, local, tribal leaders in the environmental forum

Final leg of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's visit to New Orleans and the Louisiana coast

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Yosemite staff, and joined Bomar for a press conference announcement of more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is designed to prepare National Parks for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in 2016.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Yosemite National Park, California, where he toured, met with Yosemite Superintendent Mike Toillefson and other Yosemite staff, and joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar at a press conference announcing more than 200 proposed "ready to go" projects to be undertaken in National Parks around the country as part of the National Park Centennial Initiative. The Initiative, launched the previous August, is 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) - President's Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) with President George W. Bush , Environmental Protection Agency

EPA's Science Forum 2000, Washington DC , Environmental Protection Agency

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

of 2