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Environmental Response Meetings

Photos of teams in offices working on managing environmental incidents, featuring multiple people engaged in discussions and analysis.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lisa Jackson meeting with scientists from involved agencies and BP Oil. (BP Oil Spill) - The Administrator discusses technical issues in BP Oil spill remediation efforts with Stephen Lehmann and Kate Clark of NOAA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. , Environmental Protection Agency
Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Lisa Jackson meeting with scientists from involved agencies and BP Oil. (BP Oil Spill) - The Administrator discusses technical issues in BP Oil spill remediation efforts with Stephen Lehmann and Kate Clark of NOAA. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. , Environmental Protection Agency
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FEMA in Kentucky. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Buffalo District Mount Morris Dam experts hosted a meeting in Mount Morris, NY to discuss the Dam's capabilities and how it reduces flooding impacts down stream of the dam. Here the attendees are asking questions while experts Keith Koralewski (Chief Hydraulics & Hydrology and Water Management Section) and Steven Winslow (MMD Park Ranger) listen attentively. June 7, 2022.This opportunity allowed USACE employees to hear concerns from the public.The Dam has successfully prevented ~$3.9B in flood damages since construction and operates as a 'dry-bed dam', meaning water is only impounded when a risk of flooding is forecast - Otherwise, 'run-of-river' flows are maintained.
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Tornado - Hackleburg, Ala. , August 4, 2011 FEMA Long-Term Community Recovery (LTCR) Specialist Melissa Crane (left), professional designers, urban planners, architects, ESF-14 recovery specialists and commmunity members participate in an outreach and information meeting at First Baptist Church in Hackleburg. FEMA supports and coordinates the involvement and participation of all stakeholders in the recovery and rebuilding of a community followng a disaster such as the tornado that sturck Hackleburg on April 27, 2011. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Snohomish County, WA EOC. Washington Flooding and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - Senator Barbara Mikulski Visit/Press Conference
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. Hurricane Katrina
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - ICP Mobile (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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DAST FEMACorps to Issolated Communities. Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Hurricane Katrina, Pass Christian, Miss., April 6, 2006 - Gerry Powers, FEMA Mitigation liaison to Long Term Community Recovery (LTCR), explains to a Harrison County resident how to protect life and property by incorporating mitigation into rebuilding or new construction. Pre-disaster mitigation is important damage prevention for individual homeowners and local government. George Armstrong/FEMA
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Congressman Jim Moran from Virginia , Environmental Protection Agency
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to the Louisiana coast for Shell Oil briefing on offshore energy production, tour of offshore platform, fly-over of New Orleans and surrounding areas. Joining the Interior delegation for the offshore tour were Louisiana Senator Mary Landrieu and Congressman Bobby Jindal.
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Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - Emergency Operations Center and BP Oil Spill - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of Water - Bold Science , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Clean up workers decontaminate their clothing before entering clean areas. USEPA photo by Eric Vance. GPS coordinates in metadata. , Environmental Protection Agency
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011040609 ND Flooding. North Dakota Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-4. Hurricane Katrina
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Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-78. Hurricane Katrina
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Administrator in New Orleans, Louisiana - UAC. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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The South Carolina Emergency Operations Center is busy as local, state, federal, and volunteer partners work together to respond to the severe flooding in October 2015.. The South Carolina Emergency Operations Center is busy as local, state, federal, and volunteer partners work together to respond to the severe flooding in October 2015.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Flooding Mudslide/Landslide Severe Storm - Gilbert, W. Va. , June 15, 2009 FEMA and West Virginia specialists meet with local officials to discuss temporary housing needs in Mingo and Wyoming counties. Louis Sohn/FEMA. West Virginia Severe Storms, Flooding, Mudslides, and Landslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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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.
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Office of Enforcement and Compliance - BP Oil Spill - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of Water - Bold Science , Environmental Protection Agency
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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
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Bay St. Louis, Miss. , Sep. 4, 2012 FEMA Administrator Craig Fugate visits the Bay St. Louis Fire Department in Mississippi following Hurricane Isaac.. Mississippi Hurricane Isaac. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Office of Water - U.S. EPA Bold Event , Environmental Protection Agency
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Earth Conservation Corps , Environmental Protection Agency
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(From left) Zachary Grandin, Phillip Studler, and John Turnbull, 88th Operations Support Squadron weather forecasters, recall the Memorial Day 2019 tornado, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, April 26, 2022. They worked the day an EF3 tornado tore through the Prairies military base housing area and issued a tornado warning 16 minutes prior to touch down.
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Photo submitted by GED , Environmental Protection Agency
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U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry listens as a researcher speaks about environmental threats to the Western Antarctic as the Secretary toured Scott Base, the New Zealand research station in the Antarctic, on November 12, 2016, following a visit to neighboring McMurdo Station and other U.S. research facilities around Ross Island and the Ross Sea in an effort to learn about the effects of climate change on the Continent.
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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
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We went on a Gulf Coast tour with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service to raise awareness about the upcoming hurricane season. Craig Fugate and team checked out the inside of an aircraft - one that literally flies into the eye of the storm to collect and transmit data. The data gets routed via satellite to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida where forecasters use it to analyze and predict storm changes.. We went on a Gulf Coast tour with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the National Weather Service to raise awareness about the upcoming hurricane season. Craig Fugate and team checked out the inside of an aircraft one that literally flies into the eye of the storm to collect and transmit data. The data gets routed via satellite to the National Hurricane Center in Miami, Florida where forecasters use it to analyze and predict storm changes.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Man
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Oceanport Camp. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Secretary Gale Norton, South Dakota Governor Bill Janklow, and Fish and Wildlife Service Director Steve Williams, left to right, conferring over map at the scene of the Battle Creek fire in Pennington County, in the Black Hills of South Dakota
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Hurricane/Tropical Storm - Jackson, Miss. , Aug. 29, 2012 Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA) and various Emergency Support Functions (ESF) monitor Hurricane Isaac at the State Emergency Operatons Center (EOC). . Mississippi Hurricane Isaac. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Tornado - Concord, Ala. , May 4, 2011 Federal Coordinating Officer (FCO) Michael Byrne talks with Concord Fire Chief R. H. Miller and Chaplain Mickey Bell. He explained FEMA's role in helping communities and individuals recover from the April 27th tornado, and how they can help spread the word about registration with FEMA. FEMA Photo / Tim Burkitt. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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Hurricane Katrina, Pascagoula, Miss., November 8, 2005 -- FEMA, MEMA and Carnival Cruise Line representatives show local officials around the cruise ship Holiday. The cruise ship is being used to house Mississippi residents displaced from their homes by Hurricane Katrina.
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Office of Enforcement and Compliance - BP Oil Spill - U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Thad Allen, who is serving as the National Incident Commander, and EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson, brief President Barack Obama about the situation along the Gulf Coast following the BP oil spill, at the Coast Guard Venice Center, Venice, LA. May 2, 2010. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Administrator - Milwaukee, Wisconsin , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - ICP Mobile (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency
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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.
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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.
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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
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FEMA is in Kentucky to assist flood survivors. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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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
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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, speak during the Zero Emissions 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-essential requirements during any interr
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo visits Qasr al-Yahud, in Jordan Valley on November 19, 2020.
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Earth Conservation Corps , Environmental Protection Agency
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FEMA Corps assist residents in New Jersey. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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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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DR-4201-HI. Kilauea Volcano eruption Pupu &lsquoō lava flow in Pahoa, Hawaii. Photo taken during a community briefing helped on November 13, 2014, at the Pahoa High and Intermediate School Cafeteria. Concerned Pahoa resident taps USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Geo-Physicist Paul Okubo for an update on the impending lava flow rejected to ass through the Big Island town. Okubo was on hand at the Nov. 13 community meeting, helped at Pahoa High School every Thursday, which serves as a focal point for questions, comments and concerns over the impending lava flow.. Hawaii Puu Volcanic eruption and Lava Flow. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Fort Myers, FL (Oct. 12, 2022) - US House of Representatives Congressman Al Green (FL-9) and Congresswoman Val Demings (FL-10) visit a FEMA Disaster Recovery Center. Representatives Green and Demings toured the facility, spoke to FEMA staff and survivors about their experience after Hurricane Ian.
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Expedition 27 tree planting - March 29, 2011