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Fencing and Borders in Environments

Close-ups of various types of fences, including barbed wire and protective barriers, set against diverse natural backdrops.

Guardian Barrier: Jacumba Hot Springs Border Wall Securing the US-Mexico Divide Jacumba Hot Springs border wall in California fortifies the US-Mexico boundary, addressing security concerns and managing immigration in the region ,model released, Symbolfoto Copyright: xZoonar.com/WalterxGxArcexSrxGrindstonexMediaxGroup/WalterxArcexPhotographyx 21361054 ,model released, Symbolfoto ,property released

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Arizona-California border area, where he toured the Bureau of Reclamation's Yuma, Arizona Area Office-Yuma Desalting Plant with Bureau Commissioner Robert Johnson, and joined Johnson and officials from the Southern Nevada Water Authority, Central Arizona Project, and Metropolitan Water District of Southern California at groundbreaking ceremonies for the Drop 2 Reservoir Project--part of the Lower Colorado River Water Storage Program--in Imperial County, California

Aftermath - Parishes - 26-HK-42-29. Hurricane Katrina

France, Brittany, Dinan on 2021-06-23. The citizen's movement of the shared gardens proposes to the inhabitants to produce themselves fruits and vegetables in urban agriculture. The objective is not only productive, because behind this movement, there is 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 the large Jardin Convivial du Val de Rance of 2600 m2. Photograph by Martin Bertrand.France, Bretagne, Dinan le 2021-06-23. 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 ici, à Dinan, une petite commune de 11000 habitants en Bretagne docu

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona, for touring, discussions with National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and U.S. Geological Survey staff, Park volunteers, and visitors

Flooding - Douglasville, Ga. , November 11, 2009 The city of Douglasville celebrates Veteran's Day with a parade attended by FEMA to remind people of the pending deadline to register for FEMA assistance programs. FEMA is responding to the severe storms and flooding in September 2009 that destroyed thousands of homes in Georgia. David Fine/FEMA. Georgia Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Feldstrasse green bunker hamburg hamburg germany copyright: xgiannaxschadex

Scenes from around New Orleans approaching the 1-year anniversary of Katrina

This American flag is all that remains of a home that use to exist at that address. An F-5 tornado passed through this area in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, packing winds of 260 miles per hour, this tornado (not shown) left a path of destruction 1 mile wide and 19 miles long. Base: Oklahoma City State: Oklahoma (OK) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Coffeyville, Kansas, Animal skulls and signs remain as a protest in the dead zone after a 2007 oil spill at the Coffeyville Resources oil refinery. The refinery discharged more than 2.000 barrels of oil and related products during a flood of the Verdigris River. Fifteen years after the spill, there are few homes remaining in the contaminated area

Office of the Deputy Administrator - Ducks Unlimited , Environmental Protection Agency

Old bicycles on a recycling plant, Stockholm, Sweden.

Old outmoded TV set in an environment of various green plants. Ecology concept

Flooding - Minot, N. D. , July 3, 2011 Mouse River in Minot North Dakota. FEMA is supporting the emergency management team in providing disaster assistance to those affected by the flooding. North Dakota Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Saturday, Oct 8, 2022, the first Blue Roof install in Ft Myers, Florida. Roofer Jonathan Whitaker removes D Ring. Operation Blue Roof is designed to protect property, reduces temporary housing costs, and allows residents to remain in their homes while recovering from the storm.A resident begins by submitting a Right of Entry (ROE) request through theblueroof.uswebsite or calling 888-ROOF-BLU (888-766-3258).

Buoys, Belfast, ME USA

Coast to Coast Great Peace March, Washington DC

Liberty Island, N.Y., May 6, 2013 Statue of Liberty facilities were damaged during Hurricane Sandy with nearly 75%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% of the island under water. Many of the brick paths around the island were damaged. Palettes of pavers are positioned around the island where workers will be relaying about 50,000 pavers. Repairs are now underway to prepare the island for the July 4th reopening. K.C.Wilsey/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Old TV set among green plants Old outmoded TV set in an environment of various green plants. Ecology concept Copyright: xZoonar.com/VolodymyrxChabanx 3223090

Corcoran State Prison next to Tulare Lake. Tulare Lake, located in California's Central Valley, has for decades been a dry lake, but has come back to life after major rains during the winter of 2023. The lake bed began being drained back in the 1890s for irrigation purposes, but now this phantom lake, which was once the largest freshwater lake west of the Mississippi, has flooded farms, crops, homes, and roads for miles around. Corcoran, Kings County, California, USA.

Bad Klosterlausnitz is a municipality in the east of the Saale-Holzland district in the German state of Thuringia. With the use of the moor soil for healing purposes since 1929, the state government awarded the town the title of Bad in 1932

Yard sign promoting equality, love, and diversity with messages against discrimination. Miami, FL, USA

1970S Statue Of Liberty Wearing Gas Mask With Polluted City Skyline In Background

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - NOAA REMEMBERS

Deaarborn, Michigan USA, 27 February 2024, Voting at Geer Park School in Michigan's Presidential primary election. Especially in Hamtramck and Dearborn, where there are large numbers of Arab-Americans, many voters planned to vote uncommitted in the Democratic primary.. Many Arab-Americans are furious about Joe Biden's support for Israel in the Gaza war

Compressed pile of paper products at recycling

Large-format election posters of Reiner Haseloff, CDU, Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt, stand out in a meadow in Oranienbaum, 02.06.2021. The state election in Saxony-Anhalt will take place next Sunday. In polls for the CDU ahead of the AfD. , Oranienbaum, Germany, Europe

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - EPA at 40: Speaker Series, Open House, Mellon Auditorium , Environmental Protection Agency

Red Wing, Minnesota. Group of Trump flags blowing in the wind with signs.

Scenes from around New Orleans approaching the 1-year anniversary of Katrina

Stickers on a car window with electoral propaganda of Barack Obama for the elections to the presidency of the country, held in November 2008. United States of America.

1960s 1970s UNCLE SAM WEARING GAS MASK BY NIGHT CAPITOL DOME ENVIRONMENT CLEAN AIR SMOG ECOLOGY BREATHING

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - White House Forum on Environmental Justice , Environmental Protection Agency

Naples, FL, USA--November 15, 2022--A FEMA-State Disaster Recovery Center is set up to assist local residents impacted by Hurricane Ian.Jocelyn Augustino/FEMA

Trump sign on a mailbox, western Pennsylvania.

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Senior Executive Service (SES) training at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, MD , Environmental Protection Agency

Former congressman John Lewis, a Freedom Marcher with Martin Luther King, is on building side, Nashville, TN.

Mexico Beach, Florida, Destruction from Hurricane Michael is widespread seven months after the Category 5 storm hit the Florida Panhandle. A plea for help from the Federal Emergency Management Agency hangs on a damaged home.

Symbol for the emergency services in Greenland. The icefjord nearby is listed as UNESCO World Heritage Site. Greenland, Denmark (Editorial Use Only)

A group of posters on the controversial "security fence", a wall built by the Israelis to separate themselves from the Palestinians, Bethlehem, West Bank, Western Asia

Warren, MI, October 5, 2014 - The FEMA Corps insignia on the shirt of Dranea Bonner, a FEMA Corps Eagle 2 Disaster Survivor Assistance (DSA) Specialist, who is assisting disaster survivors with the FEMA registration process at a Recovery Support Site (RSS) in Warren Fire Station #2, in Warren, Michigan after the Detroit metropolitan counties of Oakland, Wayne and Macomb were adversely impacted by severe storms and flooding on August 11-13, 2014. FEMA Supports local and state governments and tribal entities in their efforts to recover from natural disasters. Michigan Severe Storms and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

German Federal Federal 2025, disposal and insults at a cardboard sign on construction fence, Berlin Tiergarten, Germany 102092661

Long Beach, N.Y., Jan. 5, 2013 People gather for a ceremony to commemorate the demolition of the Long Beach boardwalk. FEMA is working with various partners including federal, state local and tribal governments, voluntary faith-based and community-based organizations, along with the private sector, to assist residents impacted by Hurricane Sandy. Eliud Echevarria/FEMA. New York Hurricane Sandy. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

green container without side wall

There Is Some Local Opposition to Stripping the Land in Southeastern Ohio. Most People, However, Are Employed by the Coal Companies and Are Afraid Any Demands for Reform Will Cost Them Their Jobs. Off Route 800. 10/1973.

Digitally altered view of a sign indicating Earth Week at the Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.

Sign on fence reads Save America

Wellies passing through muddy camp site at Glastonbury, Somerset, England

American Recovery and Reinvestment funded road work sign within the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, USA.

Earth Day - EPA at 40: Celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day and EPA , Environmental Protection Agency

There Is Some Local Opposition to Stripping the Land in Southeastern Ohio. Most People, However, Are Employed by the Coal Companies and Are Afraid Any Demands for Reform Will Cost Them Their Jobs. Off Route 800. 10/1973 - Hendrysburg, Belmont County, Ohio

Tornado - Birmingham, Ala. , June 15, 2011 FEMA ensures that when communities rebuild after disasters they integrate the needs of persons with disabilities and others with access and functional needs into their community wide planning initiatives, and strengthen their ability to prepare for, protect against, respond to, recover from and mitigate all hazards. FEMA photo/Tim Burkitt.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

BLACK LIVES MATTER sign on IUPUI Indiana College Campus

Office of Multimedia Operations and Services - Protesters - Pledge to End Mountaintop Removal Coal Mining , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - United States and China Cooperative Agreement on the Environment , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of Enforcement and Compliance - Extension Letter of Intent on Continued Good Laboratory Practice Standards Compliance Monitoring Project between the United States and China , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - September 11th Ceremony , Environmental Protection Agency

Office of the Administrator - National League of Cities - Congressional City Conference , Environmental Protection Agency

Lichtelement Planet Erde auf dem Reformer Planetenlehrpfad in Magdeburg am 20.11.2024 *** Light element Planet Earth at the Reformer Planetary nature trail in Magdeburg on 20 11 2024 1089915011

Wimberley, TX, USA August 21, 2015 AmeriCorps volunteer Malik Sackson pauses from his work rebuilding a flood ravaged home in Wimberley, Texas. Wimberley residents faced unprecedented devastation on May 23rd from the Blanco River flooding. Andrea. Texas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - Administrator Stephen L. Johnson's Official Trip to China (The Fifth China-U.S. Strategic Economic Dialogue) , Environmental Protection Agency

I AM Joplin. Missouri Severe Storms, Tornadoes, And Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of Administration and Resource Management - Transformational Leadership Conference (TLC) William D. Eggers, author of "If We Can Put a Man On the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government" , Environmental Protection Agency

Kamala Harris 2024 Wahl Präsidentschaftskandidat Zeichen durch die Straße in Rockport, MA, USA Rockport, Massachusetts, USA, September 19 2024: Kamala Harris 2024 election presidential candidate sign by the street in Rockport, MA, USA. Copyright: xZoonar.com/DaliborxBrlekx 22304341

USA Today, Front page headlines Saturday 14th March; Corona Virus crisis, 2020

A 'Tree City USA' sign is displayed on Vandenberg Drive at Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., April 27. Members of the 66th Civil Engineering Division recently announced that the installation has been selected as a tree city for the 34th consecutive year.

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