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

Christine Todd Whitman dinner , Environmental Protection Agency

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Ocean Springs, Mississippi, where he joined First Lady Laura Bush, White House Council on Environmental Quality Chairman James Connaughton, and Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour for tours of the J.L. Scott Marine Education Center-Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, and a ceremony formally designating the center as the 21st Coastal Ecosystem Learning Center in the nation. Secretary Kempthorne and First Lady Bush also used the designation ceremony to announce new Bush Administration actions on marine debris.

Mike Leavitt , Environmental Protection Agency

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event on New York City's Randall's Island, with appearances by Secretary Gale Norton and 2005 Foundation honoree, actor Bruce Willis

National Fish and Wildlife Foundation's Celebrating the Great Outdoors fundraising event on New York City's Randall's Island, with appearances by Secretary Gale Norton and 2005 Foundation honoree, actor Bruce Willis

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

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - EPA's Office of Water Earth Day 2006 Activity at Rock Creek Park , Environmental Protection Agency

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Capitol Hill Oceans Week

Presidential Environmental Youth Awards at White House , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Hurricane Katrina

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

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 (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman opens new EPA cafeteria , 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.

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, center

Administrator Christine Todd Whitman opens new EPA cafeteria , Environmental Protection Agency

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - UNITED STATES CORAL REEF TASK FORCE MEETING (2/24/2004 TO 2/26/26)

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

Presidential Environmental Youth Awards at White House , Environmental Protection Agency

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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.

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Capitol Hill Oceans Week

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

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

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

National Recreation and Park Association (NRPA) Congress and Exposition in Baltimore, Maryland, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne among officials on hand to pledge support for the NRPA's "Get Outdoors, It's Yours" Initiative

Christine Todd Whitman Breakfast , Environmental Protection Agency

Mike Leavitt with unknown individuals; Stephen Johnson at Clean Air Excellence Awards , 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.

Earth Day 2006 program co hosted by Deputy Secretary Robert Zoellick and Under Secretary for Democracy and Global Affairs Paula Dobriansky in the Dean Acheson Auditorium.

President's Environmental Youth Awards - President's Environmental Youth Awards, Teams , 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 stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , Environmental Protection Agency

Park pic and student photo op, Claudia McMurphy , Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Science meeting, Office of Water's (OW) Office of Wetlands, Oceans and Watersheds, Recognition and Ice Cream Social, Administrator Christine Todd Whitman. Recognition for Office of Water (OW) staff who helped with move to EPA West. , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Katrina Operations - Venice, Louisiana - 26-HK-361-17. Hurricane Katrina

Office of Research and Development - People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3)_EPA at 40 , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2009 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

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.

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

Earth Conservation Corps , 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.

Presidential Environmental Youth Awards at White House , 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.

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , 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

Gainesville 03: Air curtain , Environmental Protection Agency

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - New Orleans Overflight - 26-HK-368-48. Hurricane Katrina

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

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

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Capitol Hill Oceans Week

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

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

Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and other Interior officials and staff joining Take Pride in America volunteers for cleanup event, along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, organized by the environmental action group, Living Lands and Waters

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - EPA's Office of Water Earth Day 2006 Activity at Rock Creek Park , Environmental Protection Agency

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

Office of Air and Radiation - Clean Air Excellence Awards , Environmental Protection Agency

Earth Day observance, with Secretary Colin Powell and wildlife visitors, outside Harry S. Truman Building

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 Research and Development - 2008 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2008 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Research and Development - 2008 People, Prosperity and the Planet (P3) , Environmental Protection Agency

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