Environmental Volunteer Activities

Images of individuals and volunteers engaged in environmental conservation tasks, including removing invasive plants and assisting in forest projects, amidst lush greenery.

Tree cutting

San Marcos, TX August 22, 2015 Volunteer TEXSAR Search & Rescue team member Tiffanie Turner and her search Collie Rowan search along the Blanco River for still missing residents of Wimberley. Andrea. Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Tom Quesenberry, owner of the El Monte Sustainable Lodge, is showing guests (model released Model Release 20020923-10, Model Release 20020923-8, Model Release 20020923-7, Model Release20180627) the nature in the cloud forests of Mindo, near Quito, Ecuador.

Press event forest damage

Secretary Gale Norton, right, with Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., on tour of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Everglades. Norton's Florida visit also featured her participation in meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force in Plantation, concerningFlorida Everglades restoration

Remote camera is placed on a tree for photographing wildlife in White River National Wildlife Refuge, Arkansas, USA; Arkansas, United States of America

Mountain Lion (Puma concolor) biologist, Justine Smith, setting up audio response equipment, Santa Cruz Puma Project, Santa Cruz Mountains, California

Pulling things through a river blockage.

Colorado State University professor and beetle researcher Dan West collects mountain pine beetles from a ponderosa pine that was being attacked.

Forestry worker and juvenile spruce tree, British Columbia, Canada

T8 R11 Wels, ME. A Manomet field crew studies an old growth hardwood forest in the Nature Conservancy's Big Reed Forest Reserve. Northern Forest. MR

A trail crew for the Quu´as West Coast Trail group works to clear the West Coast Trail from trees that fell in the storms of December 2006 Pacific Ri...

220409-N-AC802-0146 VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (April 9, 2022) - Certified Arborist Stephen Connally climbs a tree to access a bald eagle nest located on Naval Air Station Oceana. The Installation participates in a National Banding Program that is managed by the U.S. Geological Survey Bird Banding Lab to maintain compliance with existing conservation laws and to collect data about eagle movements, ranges, and behaviors.

Flooding Severe Storm - Gowanda, N. Y. , October 14, 2009 Ron Simmons, the New York State Emergency Management Office (SEMO) Special Assistant to the State Public Assistance Officer discusses debris in the creeks and rivers near the Gowanda Reservoir with Cattaraugus County Environmental Health Director Eric Wohlers. A major disaster declaration was signed on Sept. 1, 2009, after torrential storms and flooding inundated western New York in early August. . New York Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Kvinna tänder marschaller

Biologists use wet suits and snorkels to look for the federally-endangered Smoky madtom (Noturus baileyi) in Abrams Creek, Tennessee, USA; Tennessee, United States of America

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

Aftermath and Relief - 26-HK-295-83. Hurricane Katrina

Installation of a net to catch birds in the forest Guiana

Pollution - 26-HK-219-47. Hurricane Katrina

Katy Smith, an environmental engineer with Marine Corps Base Hawaii Environmental Compliance and Protection Division (ECPD), measures and cordons portions of shoreline for an upcoming soil sampling taking place at Puuloa Range Training Facility, HI, Feb. 12, 2024. ECPD will work alongside the University of Hawaii, Brigham Young University - Hawaii, and Hawaii State Department of Health Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response personnel to collect soil samples from across the 3,000-foot-long shoreline of the training facility that pose the greatest potential for off-site contaminate migration. Marine Corps

U.S. Space Force Master Sgt. Christopher Kohler, Pacific Air Forces NCO-in charge for director of Space Force, picks up trash along a road during a base cleanup event Sep. 23, 2022, at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. The volunteers focussed their efforts on debris throughout the main roads and parking lots, and amassed nearly three thousand pounds of trash.

Forest activist Mats Karstrom, Sweden

Estrella Campellone, project manager, inspects a plant in Klatt Bog during wetland delineation training held by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Alaska Districts Regulatory Division 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. The course was based on the current Federal Wetland delineation manual.

Moore, Okla., May 22, 2013 FEMA Federal Urban Search and Rescue team worker, right, from Nebraska Task Force 1 works with her dog, Rae, during search operations with local first responders in a ravine. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013. Moore, OK, May 22, 2013--FEMA Federal Urban Search and Rescue team worker, right, from Nebreska Task Force 1 works with her dog, Rae, during search operations with local first responders in a ravine. A tornado destroyed many parts of the community on May 20, 2013.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Young Latino male gardener in reflective work clothes digging and clearing land for planting

A student enrolled in WLD2139 Invasive Plant Management, a course offered at the USFWS

Biology undergraduates, Lake Aleknagik, Alaska, USA

Research, AK USA

Portugal, Coimbra region, Loural on 2022-05-03. Report on the eco-village of Loural in the mountains of central Portugal. Here, the Klein family and their partners have been working on an ambitious project for a few years. The project is to rehabilitate a small village that has been abandoned since the year 2000 into an eco-location. On 30 hectares, the collective protects and improves the ecosystem by practising organic agriculture, reforestation and the production of green energy. In the process of restoration, this small stone village is moving towards food and energy autonomy and its vegetation is gradually coming back to life. The place is starting to provide integrative health training and artistic activities, its final vocation. Portugal, region de Coimbra, Loural le 2022-05-03. Reportage a leco-village de Loural dans les montagnes du centre du Portugal. Ici, la famille Klein et leurs associes se sont lance dans un projet ambitieux depuis quelques annees. Celui de rehabiliter u

Material from Vice Admiral Allen - Principal Federal Official - 26-HK-369-160. Hurricane Katrina

Farmer spraying herbicide in a field of olive trees. Farmer spraying herbicide in a field of olive trees. Bargota, Navarra, Spain, Europe. ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/MIKELxBILBAOx 21826304 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

A Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge employee pulls out an old fence post, preparing the way for a new fence. Subjects: Adults; Buildings, facilities and structures; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Management; Maintenance; Personnel; Resource management; Service patch; Uniforms; Vegetation; Wildlife refuges; Work of the Service; Trees; Plants. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BIG BRANCH MARSH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Boulder, Colo., Sep. 16, 2013 FEMA's Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) conduct door to door checks in left hand canyon .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Volunteer warden performing annual reedbed cutting around Island Mere Hide, Minsmere RSPB Reserve, Suffolk, England, november

Asian female geologist researcher touches rocks with her hands to analyze surfaces in a natural park. Exploration Geologist in the Field. Stone and ecology concept.

Shela Davis, a seasonal biologist, takes a turn at steelhead tagging. Biologists use this tracking information to see if the hatchery fish that are spawning here are affecting the survival and productivity of the wild fish. Subjects: Fish hatcheries; Fisheries management; Fishes; Biologists (USFWS); Employees (USFWS); Work of the Service; Tagging; Threatened species; Monitoring. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: EAGLE CREEK NATIONAL FISH HATCHERY.

Tree cutter pruning of tree

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

Tree clean up. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Extraction of natural resin from pine tree trunks in Ovar - Portugal.

Woman ecologist with garbage bags picking up garbage from the field and taking care of the environment

MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan -- Amy Casten rolls a barrel out of the tree line while volunteering at the Misawa City fishing port Mar. 19. More than 600 Misawa residents have stepped up to volunteer in the local community after a tsunami washed trash and debris up on the shore Mar. 11.

An employee of the Northwest German Forest Research Institute checks drought damage to a young beech on a trial plot in the Harz Mountains. Here, research is being conducted into how the forest can be prepared for the challenges in times of climate change. In the background are conifers that have died due to drought and bark beetles Lerbach, 28.06.2022, Lerbach, Germany, Europe

tree carer wearing helmet and protective clothing with chainsaw climbs trunk of spruce tree

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

Circle, AK, July 16, 2014 Armed with a bear rifle to mitigate an attack, Tanana Tribal Logistics Specialist Jack Boyle returns to the tribes salmon fishing camp to retrieve FEMA chainsaws and power tools which were used for debris removal. As subsistence hunters and fisherman, FEMA funds recovery measures at the camps damaged by severe flooding using Other Needs Assistance (ONA) because this insular village depends on subsistence living for their food source. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA. Alaska Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Members of the Disaster Response Force NDRF removing trees that came in the path of Cyclone Vardah, lie uprooted in Chennai India Copyright: xSolaris/DinodiaxPhotox

KHM - SOCIÉTÉ - TOURISME AUX TEMPLES DE ANGKORAvant de devenir une attraction touristique, la cité dAngkor fut la capitale de lempire Khmer du IXème au XVème siècle. A son apogée, elle comptait un million dhabitant. Btie sur un système hydraulique unique, cest lorsque la cité perd le contrôle de leau que la civilisation connu son déclin.Même si des explorateurs lavait déjà remarquée, les Français revendique en 1860 la « découverte dAngkor », et cela connait un retentissement mondial.Aujourdhui, la beauté légendaire du site attire deux millions de visiteurs par an et ça ne cesse daugmenter. Ce symbole de la civilisation Khmer est omniprésent au Cambodge, drapeau du pays, bières nationales, enseignes, paquets de cigarette.La cité est devenue un véritable parc dattraction ou les rites ancestraux ne servent plus quà donné du contenu aux selfies.KHM - SOCIETY - TOURISM AT THE TEMPLES OF ANGKORBefore becoming a tourist attraction, the city of Angkor was the capital of the K

Man collects coltsfoot (Tussilago farfara) /

Climate activists build more tree houses in Gruenheide forest. The activist group Stop Tesla has built tree houses in the forest to protest against the planned expansion of the Tesla plant, 04.03.2024

Texas Task Force Two, a FEMA Urban Search and Rescue Team, continue recovery Operations following major flooding in Texas. FEMA is Supporting state and local officials to meet the needs of disaster survivors after flooding impacted the state in May 2015.. Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Drone shot of activists team cleaning and recycling garbage in a forest, working on clearing up the woods area for environmental protection. People with ecologic preservation values.

Homeless Tent City in Sacramento

Portugal, Coimbra region, Loural on 2022-05-03. Report on the eco-village of Loural in the mountains of central Portugal. Here, the Klein family and their partners have been working on an ambitious project for a few years. The project is to rehabilitate a small village that has been abandoned since the year 2000 into an eco-location. On 30 hectares, the collective protects and improves the ecosystem by practising organic agriculture, reforestation and the production of green energy. In the process of restoration, this small stone village is moving towards food and energy autonomy and its vegetation is gradually coming back to life. The place is starting to provide integrative health training and artistic activities, its final vocation. Portugal, region de Coimbra, Loural le 2022-05-03. Reportage a leco-village de Loural dans les montagnes du centre du Portugal. Ici, la famille Klein et leurs associes se sont lance dans un projet ambitieux depuis quelques annees. Celui de rehabiliter u

Bridge in Costa Rica Handing Bridge in green jungle, Costa Rica, Central America ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/GalynaxAndrushkox 15773498 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Jenkinson's Aquarium Set to Reopen Friday. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Parsons, W.Va., Nov. 5, 2012 Jennifer Rabuck, a U.S. Forest Service worker from the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest in Wisconsin, verifies that a downed power line in West Virginia's Tucker County is safe before a tree trimming crew starts clearing downed trees so that power can be restored. FEMA is working with state, federal and local partners to assist residents of the state affected by the deep snow, heavy rain and high winds of Hurricane Sandy. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. West Virginia Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Chile, Araucania, Curacautin, Mapuche, Fair Trade, wood, small forest owners, tree, chop down,

Farmlands in Whakahoro, in the Whanganui National park of New Zealand. Axe throwing is a popular activity at the lodge.

Man, ground and climbing hole of tunnel for illegal immigration, border jumping or escape outdoor. Person, refugee or migration with asylum seeker for travel, war or crisis with secret passage in USA

Parsons, W.Va., Nov. 5, 2012 Logan Van Dyke (left), a U.S. Forest Service worker from Iowa, helps Frank Spencer (center) and Kyle Flynn, Forest Service employees based in Missouri, remove a downed tree in West Virginia's Tucker County so that utility crews can restore power. FEMA is working with state, federal and local partners to assist residents of the state affected by the deep snow, heavy rain and high winds of Hurricane Sandy. Norman Lenburg/FEMA. West Virginia Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Park Ranger Tiffannie Chee Hill covers unsightly graffiti on a tree at Stark Knob Boat Ramp on Old Hickory Lake in Hendersonville, Tennessee. Volunteers and park rangers covered graffiti located on several trees and park benches during National Public Lands Day.

Installation of a sign on a hiking trail indicating the presence of nets to capture bats as part of a pollination study, rainforest of the "La Selva" research station in Puerto Viejo de Sarapiqui, Costa Ricardo

Colorado recovers from flooding.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Scientists take samples from water in forest

LAO - ENVIRONNEMENT - 4000 ISLANDPortrait of the 4000 Islands territory (Si Phan Don) in the extreme south of Laos where the famous Don Sahong Dam is being built.LAO - ENVIRONNEMENT - 4000 ÎLESPortrait du territoire des 4000 îles ( Si Phan Don ) à l'extrème sud du Laos où est en construction le fameux barrage de Don Sahong.

Measurements taken for Reimbursement Requirements. New Jersey Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Self-sufficient community in Central Brittany. Plelauff, July 2020.Communaute autosuffisante en Centre Bretagne. Plelauff, Juillet 2020.

Portugal, Coimbra region, Loural on 2022-05-03. Report on the eco-village of Loural in the mountains of central Portugal. Here, the Klein family and their partners have been working on an ambitious project for a few years. The project is to rehabilitate a small village that has been abandoned since the year 2000 into an eco-location. On 30 hectares, the collective protects and improves the ecosystem by practising organic agriculture, reforestation and the production of green energy. In the process of restoration, this small stone village is moving towards food and energy autonomy and its vegetation is gradually coming back to life. The place is starting to provide integrative health training and artistic activities, its final vocation. Portugal, region de Coimbra, Loural le 2022-05-03. Reportage a leco-village de Loural dans les montagnes du centre du Portugal. Ici, la famille Klein et leurs associes se sont lance dans un projet ambitieux depuis quelques annees. Celui de rehabiliter u

Ukraine, Pripyat, Chernobyl. Checking radiation monitors (dosimeters) near a sign warning of radiation danger. (Editorial Use Only)

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

Bangladesh, Sundarban, 2021-10-30. Report on board Rubayath and Elizabeth s boat on the Sundarbans, a region made of innumerable arms and channels of the Ganges delta which descend towards the Bay of Bengal. The largest mangrove forest in the world, the region, characteristic of Bengal, has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The site has also been recognised as a Ramsar site and biosphere reserve since then. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.Bangladesh, Sundarban, le 2021-10-30. Reportage a bord du bateau de Rubayath et Elizabeth sur les Sundarbans, region faite d innombrables bras et canaux du delta du Gange qui descendent vers le golfe du Bengale. Plus grande foret de mangrove du monde, la region, caracteristique du Bengale, a ete classee patrimoine mondial de l UNESCO. Le site est egalement reconnu en tant que site Ramsar et reserve de biosphere depuis. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers personal protective equipment including a hardhat, safety vest, gloves, glasses, and boots, set against a background of a forest and creek in the Northwestern United States, Feb. 21, 2024.This image was used to promote Engineers Week 2024 on the USACE Sacramento District website.

Foodwaste to egg program run by Energis Libani NGO in Houmal and Bdedoun, Lebanon.

Member of Ukhpacha Project

Marlinton, West Virginia, The West Virginia Department of Natural Resources stocks rainbow trout in Watoga Lake in Watoga State Park. The state stocks trout for sport fishing at a cost of $3 to $4 per fish. Stocking is necessary because of the high number of anglers, but also because warming temperatures make it more difficult for the cold water trout to survive year round

This ancient feature was initially created by Archaic cultures and completed by Woodland period cultures. Its height was reached by the discarding the shells of their food source - oysters, clams, and other mullosks. over a 6,000 time span. Once used as a. Subjects: Recreation; Artifacts; Historic sites; Wildlife refuges. Location: Florida. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: LOWER SUWANNEE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Flooding in Manitou Springs, CO.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Evan Dumke, GIS Facilities analyst, uses a Trimble GO7X to plot exact locations of signposts that need to be replaced along the water of one of the creeks surrounding Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, Sept. 14, 2022. For public safety, a new sign initiative is underway to clearly mark hazardous areas and notify recreational boaters of federal boundaries.

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

Park Ranger Steve Acuff, biologist and natural resources specialist at Cheatham Lake, checks a pine seedling March 27, 2023, that he planted in a mature pine canopy near Cheatham Dam in Ashland City, Tennessee. Acuff, who is also an arborist, singlehandedly planted 1,500 of these pine seedlings in hopes that at least 10 percent of them would survive and thrive to keep the forest viable well into the future.

Steve Wyrembelski, senior geotechnical engineer with the Walla Walla District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, performs an inspection of Blue River Dam, operated by the Corps Portland District, June 15 during a regional Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake response exercise. Wyrembelski was flown by helicopter from Walla Walla to Portland Districts Cougar and Blue River dams, located about 38 miles east of Eugene, Oregon, to inspect the structures as part of a five-person local damage assessment team (LDAT). In the event of a real Cascadia megathrust quake, the Walla Walla-based team would travel to Portland Districts area of operations, if needed, to assist with infrastructure assessments in the aftermath.

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