Environmental Tours and Discussions

Groups of individuals engaged in environmental tours, discussions, and assessments in natural settings, focusing on conservation and ecological efforts.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to New Orleans area, Louisiana, where he met and toured with Fish and Wildlife Service staff

Community Relations Outreach in Bartow County. Georgia Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 13, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone and Young Air Assault Strip where theres lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring with Fish and Wildlife Service staff during Minnesota visit

220926-N-LZ409-1030 KEKAHA, HI (Sept. 26, 2022) Members of Pacific Missile Range Facility’s (PMRF), Barking Sands, environmental team and visitors from Engineering With Nature (EWN) discuss possible solutions to shoreline erosion during a tour. EWN is the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to provide economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaboration. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

220926-N-LZ409-1030 KEKAHA, HI (Sept. 26, 2022) Members of Pacific Missile Range Facility’s (PMRF), Barking Sands, environmental team and visitors from Engineering With Nature (EWN) discuss possible solutions to shoreline erosion during a tour. EWN is the intentional alignment of natural and engineering processes to provide economic, environmental, and social benefits through collaboration. PMRF is the world’s largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Marble Falls, TX, July 5, 2007 Members of FEMA's Public Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment team meet state and local officials about damage done to local infrastructure by the recent flooding. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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

NEW BOSTON SPACE FORCE STATION, N.H. - Stephen Najjar, New Boston natural resources planner, stands next one of the historical stone walls on New Boston Space Force Station, N.H., Sept. 19, 2022. The stone walls were built as property lines by early European settlers and stood over several generations from the time of the Revolution to about 1830.

Mussel; River; Clinch River; Cedar Bluff; WOE178; Biologist (USFWS) ; chemical spill. Descriptive Note: Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, partners and their children watch mussel reintroduction on the Clinch River in Cedar Bluff, Virginia, in June 2005. The mussel reintroduction was a response to a chemical spill from an overturned tanker truck in 1998,. Subjects: Aquatic environments; Reintroduction; Wildlife management. Location: Virginia. . 1998 - 2011.

Creator: Nieminen, Gene. Subjects: Edwin B. Forsythe NWR; Environmental education; fall; Forests; New Jersey; interpretation;Recreation; recreational.

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Office of the Administrator - Kansas City - A Day in the Life , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Buffalo District leadership met with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and Erie County today at the Scoby Dam project in Springville, NY to get an overview of the project and understand some of the challenges ahead. The Springville Dam project would restore native fish passage between the upper and lower Cattaraugus Creek watershed, while maintaining a barrier to the invasive Sea Lamprey, but was put on hold as resources shifted to overcome and respond to the impacts of COVID-19.

Oak Island Restoration. Subjects: Apostle Islands' Oak Island; Oak Island Sandscape Restoration Project; Lake Superior; Great Lakes Coastal environments Program; Ashland FRO. . 1998 - 2011.

A family wonders what is passing by underneath them while a Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge employee stands by. Subjects: Adults; Aquatic environments; Coastal environments; Connecting people with nature; Environments (Natural); Leisure activities; Marine environments; Public access; Recreation; Recreation sites; Tourism; Visitor services; Wildlife refuges; Children. Location: Alabama. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BON SECOUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Flooding - Eagle, Alaska, July 1, 2010 FEMA FCO Doug Mayne talks with disaster survivors in front of a log cabin in Eagle, Alaska. FEMA grants helped survivors buy cabin materials and also supported travel costs for faith-based volunteer groups to travel to Alaska to help with cabin construction. Faith-based groups have been a crucial part of the rebuilding and recovery efforts following the devastating May 2009 ice jams and floods. FEMA and Alaska officials toured the progress of recovery efforts one year on. . Alaska Flooding and Ice Jams. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Volunteers install oyster reef balls along the shoreline at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, Oct. 28, 2022. Reef balls are used to stabilize shorelines and prevent erosion while creating habitat similar to natural oyster communities.

ELECTRONIC IMAGE ONLY (no slide/print available); Mussel; Mussels; Clinch River; Cedar Bluff; Biologist USFWS); chemical spill; WOE178. Descriptive Note: Fish and Wildlife Service biologist, partners and their children watch mussel reintroduction on the Clinch River in Cedar Bluff, Virginia in June 2005. The mussel reintroduction was a response to a chemical spill from an overturned tanker truck in 1998,. Subjects: Aquatic environments; Wildlife management. Location: Virginia. . 1998 - 2011.

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

A soil expert from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Resource Conservation Service demonstrates soil coloration determination during U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska Districts Regulatory Division's wetland training in Klatt Bog on June 27, 2022, in Anchorage, Alaska. The interagency class taught wetland characteristics along with office and field wetland delineation methods and procedures. And, participants conducted hands-on exercises on wetland delineation procedures to test their skills.

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June 23, 2010: Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge Manager Jereme Phillips explains the value of this refuge, the immediate impacts of the oil, and actions his staff took to prepare. Photo by Bonnie Strawser, USFWS. Subjects: Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Employees (USFWS). Location: Alabama. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BON SECOUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Forester Charles Mentzel with the Forestry Office of the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch shows event-goers how to plant a tree seeding as Fort McCoy, Wis., held its annual Arbor Day celebration April 29, 2022, west of Gate 5 on the cantonment area at the installation. During the observance, Fort McCoy Garrison leadership and other installation personnel helped children from the post Child Development Center plant hundreds of trees. The post also received its 33rd Tree City USA award from the National Arbor Day Foundation (NADF) during the celebration.

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Flooding - Forkston Township, Pa. , September 18, 2011 Jack Myers, a resident of Windy Valley Road surveys the damage to his neighborhood. The houses across the creek are inaccessible; the road that served them was completely washed away during tropical storm Lee. Pennsylvania Remnants of Tropical Storm Lee. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - Kansas City - A Day in the Life , Environmental Protection Agency

Chesapeake and Ohio (C and O) Canal Pride Days cleanup activities, co-sponsored by the C and O Canal National Historical Park and the C and O Canal Historical Trust, with Deputy Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett, Take Pride in America Director Katie Loovis, and other Interior staff on hand to join the volunteers working along the C and O towpath and Potomac River in Washington, D.C. and Maryland

Earth Day - Earth Day Events , Environmental Protection Agency

Tornado - West Liberty, Ky. , March 14, 2012 Student volunteers from West Liberty University in West Virginia take a break from cleaning up storm debris for a well deserved lunch served by Southern Baptist Convention volunteers. FEMA helps coordinate with volunteer organizations to ensure help gets to the areas that need it most. Kentucky Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Louisville District and U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) researchers joined Ohio Department of Natural Resources at William Harsha Lake in Batavia, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2022, for a technology demonstration of Algae Harvesting and Hydronucleation Flotation Technology (HFT) that could play an important role in the reduction of Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) in Ohio. USACEs Engineer Research and Development Center (ERDC) began research projects such as the Harmful Algal Bloom Interception, Treatment, and Transformation System (HABITATS) to develop scalable solutions for managing large Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs).

Secretary Gale Norton with young volunteers during visit to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, in advance of Earth Day. Norton worked alongside conservation volunteers and highlighted cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

In Remembrance. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Kachemak Bay Shorebird Festival was started in 1993, when several concern citizens decided that education was the key to protecting habitat important to migrating shorebirds. When a proposal to back-fill Mariner Park Lagoon for an RV Park, was brought to. Subjects: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Festivals; Homer; Alaska; Kachemak Bay; habitat; Shorebirds; education; EE; Environmental education. . 1998 - 2011.

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Earth Day Anacostia , 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

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

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Steve Parsons - Volunteer Photographer. Subjects: Photography; Wildlife refuges. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: MALHEUR NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Evans, Colo., September 25, 2013 Disaster response groups Hands.org, Christian Aid Ministries, Nechama, Muslims for Humanity and AmeriCorps join forces to help muck out homes in Evans. Colorado Severe Storms, Flooding, Landslides, and Mudslides. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

On Sept. 26, a Japanese Delegation met with subject matter experts from the Coastal and Hydraulics Research Laboratory, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), as part of a technologies exchange.The Japanese visitors represented various organizations, including The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism; The Institute of Country-ology Engineering; River Engineering, Water and Disaster Management Bureau; and Water Resources Policy Group.USACE is the world's premier public engineering organization, providing expertise and consultation services to the U.S. military, U.S. government agencies, and foreign governments to deliver vital engineering solutions at home and abroad.

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 - Columbia, Missouri - Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting Boonslick Gateway Farm , Environmental Protection Agency

Eco Guard, Let's Clean Up the World, Legambiente, Milan, Italy

Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , 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

Event-goers participate in the annual Arbor Day celebration April 29, 2022, west of Gate 5 on the cantonment area at Fort McCoy, Wis. During the observance, Fort McCoy Garrison leadership and other installation personnel helped children from the post Child Development Center plant hundreds of trees. The post also received its 33rd Tree City USA award from the National Arbor Day Foundation during the celebration.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor

More than 180 seventh grade students from Heritage Middle School experienced science through a hands-on field trip at the Morley Nelson Snake River Birds of Prey National Conservation Area within the Idaho National Guards Orchard Combat Training Center April 28-29. The Idaho National Guard partnered with Boise State University, University of Idaho, the Idaho Rangeland Resources Commission and Idahos Bureau of Land Management to bring science education to Treasure Valley students through its Adopt a Scientist program. Additionally, the program brings a greater understanding of the Idaho National Guards environmental stewardship and increases connectivity between students and Idaho researchers with field trips throughout the year at the OCTC. The NCA is home to the largest and most diverse population of breeding raptors in North America and one of the only places where military training, extensive research, public land use and livestock share the same land. Biologists from the Idaho Army

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

Everglades City, FL, USA--10/22/2022--FEMA Disaster Survivor Assistance Teams and FEMA Corps canvas areas impacted by Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

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

230111-N-ML137-1001 KEKAHA, Hawai`i (Jan. 11, 2023) Brooke McFarland, the natural resources manager for Pacific Missile Range Facility (PMRF), Barking Sands, shows a map to a group of volunteers displaying the areas of the installation they will be searching during an albatross egg sweep. This event is part of PMRFs annual Laysan Albatross Translocation Program whose purpose is to collect viable albatross eggs from hazardous areas on the base in order to send them to safer nests on other parts of the island. PMRF is the worlds largest instrumented multi-environment range capable of supporting surface, subsurface, air and space operations simultaneously.

William M. Myers, Environmental Restoration Program Manager with the Air National Guard, addresses environmental advisory board members outside a new surface water treatment system at Biddle Air National Guard Base in Horsham, Pennsylvania, during a quarterly Willow Grove Restoration Advisory Board (RAB) meeting hosted on base Dec. 8, 2022 . More than 50 community members gathered for updates on environmental restoration efforts, a mission briefing on the Wing and its subordinate units, and a guided tour of the base to see first-hand the progress made in Biddle ANG Base environmental restoration efforts.

Tour of the Boston, Massachusetts harbor and lighthouse area for Secretary Gale Norton, on visit to Boston for historic preservation grant announcement

Queens, N.Y., Nov. 1, 2012 FEMA Community Relations (CR) team members moved through Breezy Point and Rockaway, NY, after Hurricane Sandy. The CR members talked with disaster survivors about FEMA assistance and assessed the situation on the ground. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Eco Guards, Clean Up the World, Legambiente, Milan, Italy

Red Cross and Islamic Center volunteers conduct flood assessemen. South Carolina Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and aides to Lorimer Park, near Norristown, Pennsylvania, for Earth Day event in conjunction with representatives of the coldwater fisheries conservation, protection, restoration organization, Trout Unlimited

Jimmy Moore, an 81-year-old USACE volunteer at Allatoona Lake, poses with the bamboo fish attractors he built on Jan. 22, 2022, at Allatoona Lake, Ga. The completed fish attractors provide habitat for the fish and protection for smaller fish to help the fish population at the lake. (USACE photo by Chuck Walker)

221028-N-PX557-0017MECHANICSBURG, Pa.(October 28, 2022)Sailors and civilians assigned to Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Business Systems Center (BSC), remove trash and debris from a two-mile stretch of road on Sporting Hill Road as part of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation state-wide Adopt A Highway program. The cleanup project served as an opportunity for Sailors and civil servants to act as environmental stewards of their community by cleaning up the road outside of Naval Support Activity Mechanicsburg. U.S. Navy photo by James E. Foehl (Released)

Craig Fugate with the Port Richmond CERT Team. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Joint press event of the Saxon State Ministry of the Interior and the Saxon State Ministry of Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture How to be better prepared for the next forest fires was the subject of a presentation by Interior Minister Armin Schuster and Environment Minister Wolfram Guenther. Presentation of modern firefighting backpacks

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