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Natural Restoration Announcements

Photos depict outdoor presentations by officials announcing funding for environmental restoration projects, set against scenic backdrops of lakes and canyons.

Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
Lake Tahoe Restoration Forum presentations at Nevada's Sand Harbor State Park, including announcement by Secretary Dirk Kempthorne of the approval of more than $48 million for fuels reduction, forest health, watershed restoration, habitat improvement, water quality improvement, erosion control, adaptive management, and science and research projects aimed at protecting and restoring the Lake Tahoe Basin. Joining Secretrary Kempthorne were Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Nevada Senators Harry Reid and John Ensign, Nevada Congressman Jim Gibbons, Nevada Governor Kenny Guinn, and other federal, state, local, and tribal leaders.
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Hoover Dam area, Boulder City, Nevada for activities marking historic Colorado River Water Delivery Agreement, providing for reduction in California reliance on Colorado River water and protection of authorized shares of water for six other Colorado River Basin states
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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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
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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
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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
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Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
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Attendees at the groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Oregon, part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands, including a stop at the Monaco Coach Corporation recreational vehicle plant in Coburg
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Gila Community College in Payson, Arizona, where he joined Agriculture Undersecretary for Natural Resources and Environment Mark Rey, Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi, and Gila County Supervisor Tommie Martin for a meeting with local citizens to discuss forest health, the Endangered Species Act, and other resource management issues
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Press conference, on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, announcing the final list of National Park Centennial Challenge projects to be funded in 2008. Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks R. Lyle Laverty, Jr., Colorado Senators Wayne Allard and Ken Salazar, Washington Congressmen Norman Dicks and Brian Baird, West Virginia Congressman Nick Rahall, Kansas Congressman Todd Tiahrt, Utah Congressman Rob Bishop, National Park Service's National Capital Parks-East Superintendent Gayle Hazelwood, and National Park Foundation President and Chief Executive Officer Vin Cipolla among the many dignitaries participating in the event. The Centennial Challenge is the public-private fund matching element of the President's National Park Centennial Initiative, designed to prepare the National Park system for another century of conservation and preservation in time for the National Park Service's 100th anniversary in
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Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
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Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
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Signing ceremony for the Truckee River Operating Agreement in Reno, Nevada, where Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joined Nevada Senator Harry Reid, Chairman Mervin Wright, Jr. of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe of Indians, and other federal, state, and local dignitaries including Assistant Attorney General Ronald Tenpas of the Justice Department, California Secretary for Resources Mike Chrisman, Nevada Department of Conservation and Natural Resources Director Allen Biaggi, Truckee Meadows Water Authority Board of Directors Chairman Mike Carrigan, and Reno Mayor Bob Cashell. The agreement fulfilled the requirements of the 1990 Settlement Act for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe, which directed the Secretary of the Interior to negotiate an operating agreement for the major federal and private reservoirs on the Truckee River upstream of Reno.
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Groundbreaking ceremony, at the Folsom Dam Overlook, Folsom, Californnia, launching construction of the Folsom Dam Joint Federal Project, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne joining California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Brigadier General John McMahon, California Congresswoman Doris Matsui and Congressmen Dan Lungren and John Doolittle, Calfornia State Senators Darrell Steinberg and Dave Cox, and Sacramento Mayor Heather Fargo among the dignitaries on hand to mark the start of the project representing a partnership among the Bureau of Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, the Central Valley Flood Protection Board, and the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Commerce City, Colorado to participate in ceremonies marking the expansion of the Refuge through transfer of more than 7,000 acres of land from the U.S. Army to the Fish and Widlife Service. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the events were Colorado Governor Bill Owens, members of Colorado's Congressional delegation, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Tad Davis, and representatives from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Shell Oil Company, and other organizations.
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Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Rocky Mountain Arsenal National Wildlife Refuge near Commerce City, Colorado to participate in ceremonies marking the expansion of the Refuge through transfer of more than 7,000 acres of land from the U.S. Army to the Fish and Widlife Service. Joining Secretary Kempthorne at the events were Colorado Governor Bill Owens, members of Colorado's Congressional delegation, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Stephen Johnson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army for Environment, Safety, and Occupational Health Tad Davis, and representatives from the Fish and Wildlife Service, Shell Oil Company, and other organizations.
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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