Environmental Tours and Meetings

Images of individuals in outdoor settings, engaging in discussions about environmental preservation and natural resource management initiatives.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides touring Lake Tahoe area following Secretary's participation in annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum events at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Louisiana to tour Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, and to discuss wetlands preservation and shoreline erosion control efforts with Fish and Wildlife Service staff and other officials

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, aides touring Lake Tahoe area following Secretary's participation in annual Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum events at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park

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 Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company plant in Seeley Lake

Chesapeake Bay Program Office - Harrisons Farm , 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

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Manager Glenn Carowan speaking during Secretary Gale Norton's visit to the Cambridge, Maryland site. Norton worked alongside conservation volunteers and highlighted results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, for tours and discussions marking 20 years of federal, state, local cooperative conservation work

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Cabrillo National Monument and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California, as part of her Earth Day 2004 Western tour

President George Bush visiting the site of the Squire Peak forest fire, Ruch, Oregon, for surveys of the damage, discussions with Bureau of Land Management, state, and local officials and firefighters, and policy announcements

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

FEMA is helping affected communities recover. Louisiana Hurricane Isaac. 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

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

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

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

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA., 10/12/2005 -- FEMA contractors set up FEMA trailers at the Bayou Segnette State Park ouside of New Orleans. Approximately 98 FEMA trailers will be placed in the park for National Park Service employees. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Cabrillo National Monument and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California, as part of her Earth Day 2004 Western tour

Town Hall Meeting - 26-HK-271-74. Hurricane Katrina

Acting as Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Environmental Safety and Occupational Health, Terry Yonkers heads up a team of US Air Force volunteers from the Pentagon in support of Earth Day April 21, 2001. Yonkers and his team joined local citizens at the 4 Mile Run Park in Alexandria, Virginia, to gather a mountain of refuse. Base: Alexandria State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Cabrillo National Monument and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California, as part of her Earth Day 2004 Western tour

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

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

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

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

Criminal Investigation Division, Training Facility in Brunswick, Georgia , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to work alongside conservation volunteers and to highlight results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

Soil Testing - 26-HK-203-18. Hurricane Katrina

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Support ships and relief well drilling platform, Gulf of Mexico. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

Criminal Investigation Division, Training Facility in Brunswick, Georgia , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - BP Oil Spill (Web Photographs) - Oil production platforms and disposal site for oil soiled materials. 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

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

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

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to Los Angeles County, California, where he observed the largest earthquake preparedness drill in U.S. history ("The Great Southern California Shake Out"). The Secretary joined California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger at a press conference, watched preparedness drills in schools, and discussed peparedness measures with students, educators, emergency operations personnel, and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) staff including USGS Director Mark Myers

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

President George Bush on tour of the Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

220423-N-RB168-0001 STOYSTOWN, Pa. (April 23, 2022) - Navy Counselor First Class John Truett, from Douglasville, Ga., and assigned to Navy Talent Acquisition Group (NTAG) Pittsburgh, speaks with local media after planting seedlings during Plant a Tree at Flight 93, at the Flight 93 National Memorial. This year marked the the 10thand final year of the decade-long tree-planting effort. More than 250 volunteers planted 14,600 trees, to complete the goal of 150,000 total trees planted. This conservation project is part of the memorials original design and reclaims the former surface mine with native trees to re-establish wildlife habitats, create essential windbreaks and complete the healing of the memorial landscape.

clearcut forestry

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the J.N. Ding Darling National Wildlife Refuge on Sanibel Island, Florida, for tours and for National Volunteer Week recognition of volunteer contributions to Refuge facilities and operations

Fish and Wildlife Service employee and volunteer working with state endangered species redbelly turtle hatchlings. Vertical. Subjects: Environmental Sciences; Employees (USFWS); Endangered species; Reptiles; Volunteers; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges. Location: Pennsylvania. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: JOHN HEINZ NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE AT TINICUM. Collection: Environmental Sciences.

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

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Oil production platforms and disposal site for oil soiled materials. USEPA photo by Eric Vance , 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

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

Base Camps - 26-HK-66-26. LA Plaquemines Camp--FEMA civilian walking through camp --by Andrea Booher, FEMA. 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 stops at sites in the Lubrecht Experimental Forest and the Lolo National Forest

Ecological Services biologist Melissa Bimbi and Cape Romain NWR biologist probe to locate loggerhead sea turtle nest on Cape Island, SC. Subjects: Reptiles; Employees (USFWS); Uniforms; Service patch; Work of the Service. Location: South Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

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

Office of Surface Mining Director, Jeffrey Jarrett, during visit to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts to reclaim abandoned minelands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Green Lake National Fish Hatchery, Ellsworth, Maine (Hancock County) Nikon Coolpix990 digital camera (3.34 megapixels) with a SanDisk CompactFlash memory card, JPEG. Descriptive Note: Two hundred years ago, at least 34 of new England's coastal rivers had wild runs of Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar). However, impediments such as dams, pollution, habitat loss, changes in water temperatures, overfishing, etc. have reduced the mighty fish. Subjects: Fishes; Fisheries management; Resource management; Green Lake National Fishes Hatchery; Maine; electronic. . 1998 - 2011.

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

Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 5, 2012 The Liberty State Park Deputy Super and the FEMA Public Assistance Task Force leader tour the park facilities to assess the damages. Through the PA Program, FEMA provides supplemental Federal disaster grant assistance for debris removal, emergency protective measures, and the repair, replacement, or restoration of disaster-damaged, publicly owned facilities and the facilities of certain Private Non-Profit (PNP) organizations. Adam DuBrowa/FEMA. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. 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

Earth Day - Earth Day Events , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, LA.,10/12/2005--FEMA contractors set up FEMA trailers at the Bayou Segnette State Park ouside of New Orleans. Approximately 98 FEMA trailers will be placed in the park for National Park Service employees. FEMA photo/Andrea Booher

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

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2021-09-22. The citizen's movement of shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. In addition, the objective is not only productive because, behind this movement, we find a real social and educational interest. It is now spreading all over the world and not only in big cities like here, in Dinan, a small town of 11000 inhabitants in Brittany documented through a large collective garden at the foot of the medieval city walls where each person rents his or her own large plot. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2021-09-22. Le mouvement citoyen des jardins partages propose aux habitants de produire eux-memes des fruits et legumes en agriculture urbaine. Par ailleurs, l'objectif n'est pas uniquement productif car, derrière ce mouvement, on retrouve un réel interet social et pédagogique. Il s'etend aujourd'hui dans le monde entier et pas uniquement dans les grandes villes comme

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

President George Bush on tour of the Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery at the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

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 the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - Mark Helmlinger and assistant Mitch use photospectrometer to test for airborne hydrocarbons (not affiliated with EPA) Lafourche, LA. , Environmental Protection Agency

Man Weeding Grass

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service talks with the course leader at the Montezuma National Wildlife refuge located in New York. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS). Location: New York. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: MONTEZUMA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Winter Storm - Reidland, Ky. , February 22, 2009 Bill Carr is a volunteer with the United Methodist Church. He has been helping to clear debris from peoples' yards and clear the weatherheads so power can be restored. Kentucky Severe Winter Storm and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

2006. Subjects: Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge; AMNWR; Birds; Marine birds; Coastal environments; Islands; Biology; work of the refuge. . 1998 - 2011.

Soil Testing - 26-HK-203-35. Hurricane Katrina

Chequamegon National Forest

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California, for inspection of wildfire reduction projects and discussions with Santa Monica Mountains Superintendent Woody Smeck and his staff, as well as with fire officials and personnel from the National Park Service, Los Angeles County Fire Department, and Ventura County Fire Department

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Denver Press Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Criminal Investigation Division, Training Facility in Brunswick, Georgia , Environmental Protection Agency

President George Bush appearing at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, Central Point, Oregon, for address on the Healthy Forests Initiative and environmental policy, following his visit to the site of the Squire Peak forest fire

Image taken from the inside of a building after anti-bird strike film was applied to a window. Subjects: Buildings, facilities and structures; Birds; Human impacts. Location: West Virginia. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: NATIONAL CONSERVATION TRAINING CENTER. . 1998 - 2011.

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-82. Hurricane Katrina

Criminal Investigation Division, Training Facility in Brunswick, Georgia , Environmental Protection Agency

DR-1607 Hurricane Rita.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

"Vilonia, AR, May 22, 2014 ; Jesse Bucholtz, a Team Rubicon Resource Manager (driver), and Missouri University of Science and Technology volunteers (passengers) remove debris from a home and property on Cemetery Road after the home was destroyed by a tornado on April 27. FEMA supports Voluntary Organizations Active in Disaster (VOAD) as they help survivors recover from natural disasters. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

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Archaeologist Bill Thompson with the Colorado State Universitys (CSU) Center for Environmental Management of Military Lands who works in partnership with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch (NRB) looks over artifacts found during an archaeological survey July 14, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. For several weeks in July, Fort McCoy archaeological team members with NRB and CSU held a special archaeological survey and dig on South Post. The team did their survey in the South Post Housing Area, which also happens to be the oldest areas of the installations origins where Camp Robinson and Camp Emery-Upton once were located. In the actual location of the survey, however, the team was looking at areas around old concrete tent pads that were once part of Camp Robinson.

Aftermath - Deputy Federal Coordinating Officer Ted Monette - 26-HK-32-7. Hurricane Katrina

Earth Day-related visit by Secretary Gale Norton to south Florida to view work of new facility in Davie devoted to eradication of invasive species andprotection of fragile wetlands ecosystems, and to view ceremonial release into the Everglades of a sap-sucking bug to fight harmful spread of melaleuca plant

Earth Conservation Corps , Environmental Protection Agency

U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. James Lyons, a motor vehicle operator with Combat Logistics Company 33, paints a No Dumping sign on a storm drain during Operation Clean Water Ohana,Marine Corps Base Hawaii, April 5, 2023. The purpose of Operation Clean Water Ohana is to protect resources and raise awareness of potential contaminants that wash down storm drains, ending up in the ocean.

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

Federal Emergency Management Agency Director Joe Allbaugh, center, speaking with reporter at airport media session during visit, with Secretary Gale Norton, to central Colorado for assessment of the Hayman forest fire emergency. Fire, started southwest of Denver, is the largest in Colorado's recorded history, affecting 90,000 acres, including portions of Pike and San Isabel National Forests

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