Impact of Land Use and Mining

Aerial views of landscapes affected by mining and natural resource extraction, showing alterations to the environment.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to western Colorado for tours; for inspections of oil and gas development projects and surrounding environments; and for discussions with Colorado field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

blur in lesotho malealea street village near mountain and coultivation field

Iraq, Iraqi Kurdistan, Arbil on 2022-10-20. Daily documentary photography of the city of Arbil and its surroundings. Photography by Martin Bertrand.Irak, Kurdistan irakien, Erbil le 2022-10-20. Photographie quotidienne documentaire de la ville de Erbil et de ses alentours. Photographie de Martin Bertrand.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Spain - Masses of plastic greenhouses at the edge to the Natural Park Cabo de Gata . Nijar - Almeria province - Andalucia - Spain.

MAR MUERTO - FOTO AÑOS 60. Location: MAR MUERTO. Nación. ISRAEL.

kibbutz Revivim in the Negev desert, in southern Israel. The community was formed in 1943 as one of the three lookouts, and was initially named Tel HaTzofim. During the 1948 ArabIsraeli War, Revivim fell behind Egyptian lines for several months

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

A850875 SAFEGUARD AREA 27 DICK ANDRES (Project Engineer) MAY 29 85 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 5/29/1985 AERIAL VIEW; AREA 27; AREA 27 SAFEGUARD; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; MOUNTAINS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SAFEGUARDS; SCENERY (LANDSCAPE); SCENIC; TEST SITES; SAFEGUARD historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

A military helicopter flies over an area in which cleanup activities are taking place as part of Operation Provide Comfort, an Allied effort to aid Kurdish refugees who fled from the forces of Saddam Hussein in northern Iraq. Subject Operation/Series: PROVIDE COMFORT Base: Zakhu Country: Iraq(IRQ)

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Boise National Forest, Idaho, to meet with Forest Service officials and firefighters, and to observe effects of the summer's Middle Fork Complex and Sheep Trail Fires

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

The National Water Carrier in Beth Natofa valley

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Alicante 09/26/2013 San Diego reservoir in Villena photo Juan Carlos Soler Archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

Alicante 09/26/2013 San Diego reservoir in Villena photo Juan Carlos Soler Archdc Juan Carlos Soler.

Climate change in Europe.

AlbianASands tar sands mine, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada

A reservoir fed by glacial meltwater from Andean peaks in the Bolivian Andes. As climate change casuses the glaciers to melt, the water supply for La Paz, Bolivia's capital city is

Recent fire in the Diablo Range California USA

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

The Kern River oilfield in Oildale, Bakersfield, California, USA. Following an unprecedented four year long drought, Bakersfield is now the driest city in the USA, driven by clima

Vertical farming on hillside near Porterville, Tulare County, San Joaquin Valley, California, USA

Coal Burning Power Plant in New Mexico

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Trash being burned beside the road near the Draa valley Trash being burned beside the road near the Draa valley in Morocco Copyright: xZoonar.com/imagoDensx 21540914

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Burnt trees in forest after wildfire in National Park in Portugal, aerial drone view Burnt trees in forest after wildfire in National Park in Portugal, aerial drone view Copyright: xZoonar.com/marcinxjuchax 21202413

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

agriculture near the city of aleppo in Syria in the middle east. MIDDLE EAST SYRIA ALEPPO AGRICULTURE

Trash being burned beside the road near the Draa valley in Morocco

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

A major disaster declaration was proclaimed for the state of Nevada on November 5, 2014 due to severe storms and flooding that occurred between September 7 - 9, impacting the Moaa Band of Paiutes tribal nation. Moaa River Indian Reservation agriculture lands and farming equipment sustained major damage from the flooding incidents. A major disaster declaration was proclaimed for the state of Nevada on November 5, 2014 due to severe storms and flooding that occurred between September 7 9, impacting the Moapa Band of Paiutes tribal nation. Moapa River Indian Reservation agriculture lands and farming equipment sustained major damage from the flooding incidents. Photo by: Cristen Hodgers, Acting PIO/Community Liaisonfor theMoapa River Indian Reservation/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

VIÑEDOS. Location: EXTERIOR. REQUENA. Valencia. SPAIN.

Pottasche Produktion am Toten Meer in Jordanien Pottasche Produktion am Toten Meer in Jordanien Copyright: xZoonar.com/HGVorndranx 22053092

Wind-Powered Water Pump Below Chinati Peak in West Texas

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

A man walking through a desolate area

Settlement Givat Hadagan

debris field preparing for new residential buildings

ESU St. Louis - Chevron Empire Burn - 26-HK-322-28. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to northeastern Utah for tours; inspections of oil and gas development projects, uintaite mining operations, and surrounding environments; and discussions with Utah field staff of the Bureau of Land Management

Electric energy Windmills supply for a little rural village in Spain

VERTEDERO DE CONSTRUCCION "LAS CARCAVAS" HOY PARQUE FELIPE VI O PARQUE FORESTAL DE VALDEBEBAS - FOTO AÑOS 90. Location: EXTERIOR. PROVINCIA. MADRID. SPAIN.

The Semipalatinsk Test Site, Anonymous

Aerial view of a vast landfill where a line of small vehicles snakes through the mounds of waste, contrasting sharply with the surrounding barren landscape, Denpasar, Bali, Indonesia.

Wind turbines placed on top of a hill in Sicily, Italy, for the production of electric energy...

An aerial view of flood damage to 24 Area Combat Town Camp Pendleton California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

FABRICA CONTAMINANDO Y VIÑAS EN PRIMER TERMINO. Location: EXTERIOR. UTIEL. Valencia. SPAIN.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

BAHIA DE PORTMAN- PLAYA CONTAMINADA POR RESIDUOS TOXICOS PROCEDENTES DE LAS MINAS - FOTO AÑOS 90. Location: EXTERIOR. Portman. MURCIA. SPAIN.

Hill and plowed land

View of marshland habitat with Es Murterar coal-fired powerstation in distance, S'Albufera De Mallorca Natural Park, Muro and Sa Pobla, Majorca, Balearic Islands, Spain, September

Granada, Colorado, The World War II Amache Japanese internment camp in southeast Colorado became part of the National Park Service, as President Joe Biden signed a law making Amache a National Historic Site on March 18, 2022. More than 7,000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans were held at the site, one of 10 internment camps in the American west. Though all the buildings were demolished after the war, many foundations remain.

A750831 U19F INLET PRESHOT H. STUCKERT (Project Engineer) DEC 29 75EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 12/29/1975 EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; FORESTS; INLETS; NEVADA; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; PRE-SHOT EXPERIMENTS; SNOW; STUCKERT, H.; TEST SITES; TREES; WEAPONS RELATED; PRESHOT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

Trailers full of nuclear waste are buried, Nevada, USA.

El Kab (Nejab en egipcio), es una localidad que fue la capital del III nomo del Alto Egipto a partir de la dinastía XVIII, durante el Imperio Nuevo.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Powder River Basin area of northeastern Wyoming for tours; for aerial and ground inspections of coalbed methane gas wells, related water disposal systems, coal mine operations, and surrounding environments; and for talks with Bureau of Land Management state staff

Aftermath - Displaced Boats - Empire, Louisiana - 26-HK-26-77. Hurricane Katrina

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Folsom Dam Overlook and surrounding area, Folsom, California, for tours, meetings with Bureau of Reclamation, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and other personnel on the occasion of the groundbreaking ceremony for the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project

viewpoint Forum :terra nova on Hambach surface mine, open-pit coal mine, mining lignite. Elsdorf Nordrhein-Westfalen, North Rhine Germany

The San Luis Dam and San Luis Reservoir is a water-storage ""off-stream"" reservoir and is typically low in late summer due to its heavy usage for irrigation, Merced County, California, USA

Creator: Deer Flat NWR. Subjects: Fire; wildfire; suppression; ID; Deer Flat; wui. . 1998 - 2011.

US: Washington, Columbia River Basin, aerial view from helicopter of farming in scablands south of Grand Coulee (Editorial Usage Only)

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho, where he took an aerial tour of lands affected by the summer's Murphy Complex Fire, and met with Bureau of Land Management fire control staff, state legislators and local officials from Owyhee and Twin Falls Counties

Greater dump. A dump of dust smoking smog

A801209 CROSBYTOWN, TX SOLAR POWER PROJECT WILLIAM MCCULLOCH AUG 19 80 EG&G/NTS PHOTO LAB Publication Date: 8/19/1980 ABOVEGROUND TESTING; AGT; CROSBYTON SOLAR POWER PROJECT; EDGERTON, GERMESHAUSEN & GRIER; EG&G; ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; EQUIPMENT & INSTRUMENTS; INSTRUMENTS & EQUIPMENT; MCCULLOCH, WILLIAM; NEVADA TEST SITE; NTS; NUCLEAR TESTS; POWER; SOLAR ENERGY TECHNOLOGY; SOLAR GRIDIRON CONCEPT; SOLAR HEATING DEVICES; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR POWER PLANTS; SOLAR TESTING; SOLAR TESTS; SOLAR THERMAL ELECTRIC POWER; SOLAR THERMAL TESTING; SUNLIGHT; TEST SITES; TEXAS; TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY; CROSBYTOWN SOLAR POWER PROJECT historical images. 1972 - 2012. Department of Energy. National Nuclear Security Administration. Photographs Related to Nuclear Weapons Testing at the Nevada Test Site.

The aftermath of Typhoon Merbock in the village of Golovin, Alaska, Sept. 27, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Pfc. Bradford Jackson)

Olive grove (Olea europea), view of farmland with old barrels for collecting rainwater, La Mancha, Spain, Europe

Extreme drought with river running very low under bridge for global warming concept

Township Khayelitsha, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

A major disaster declaration was proclaimed for the state of Nevada on November 5, 2014 due to severe storms and flooding that occurred between September 7 - 9, impacting the Moaa Band of Paiutes tribal nation. Moaa River Indian Reservation agriculture lands and farming equipment sustained major damage from the flooding incidents. A major disaster declaration was proclaimed for the state of Nevada on November 5, 2014 due to severe storms and flooding that occurred between September 7 9, impacting the Moapa Band of Paiutes tribal nation. Moapa River Indian Reservation agriculture lands and farming equipment sustained major damage from the flooding incidents. Photo by: Cristen Hodgers, Acting PIO/Community Liaisonfor theMoapa River Indian Reservation/FEMA. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Office of the Administrator - Native Americans in Arizona - image of the Tohono O'odham Nation, Hualapai Tribe, Havasupai Indian Tribe, and the Havasupai Indian Reservation , Environmental Protection Agency

Inglewood Oil Field, one of the largest urban oil fields in the country, with city of Santa Monica and Malibu coastline in the background. Baldwin Hills, Los Angeles,, California, USA

water potability control, San Bartolomé Jocotenango, municipality of the department of Quiché, Guatemala, Central America.

Dolphin Rescue - 26-HK-130-39. Hurricane Katrina

An aerial view of flood damage to Camp Pendleton California. Base: Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Sand storm or funnel blows through the Southern Israeli Negev Desert, Israel

Granada, Colorado, The World War II Amache Japanese internment camp in southeast Colorado became part of the National Park Service, as President Joe Biden signed a law making Amache a National Historic Site on March 18, 2022. More than 7, 000 Japanese and Japanese-Americans were held at the site, one of 10 internment camps in the American west. Though all the buildings were demolished after the war, many foundations remain

Wildfires, Malibu, CA, November 16, 2007 Pepperdine University Campus, The use of irrigation sprinkler systems clearly delineates how fire prevention and mitigation practices can save homes and vegetation.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Aerial view of a mountaintop removal coal mining operation in West Virginia.

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