Nature Tours and Environmental Advocacy

Groups of people walking through lush green landscapes, engaging in discussions about environmental conservation, wetlands, and forestry restoration.

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, and Triangle Land Conservancy's Jeff Masten, far left, on Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler, second from left, worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners to restore the wetland on the Kuenzler Farm

Secretary Gale Norton with Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, right, during Secretary's visit to Montana for participation in Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula. Photograph was selected for use in preparation of Interior video on the Norton tenure

Secretary Gale Norton, center, on Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler,to Norton's left, and family worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program to restore the wetland on the Kuenzler Farm

Secretary Gale Norton, third from left, and Triangle Land Conservancy's Jeff Masten, far left, on Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Jutta Kuenzler, second from left, worked with federal, county, private non-profit partners to restore the wetland on the Kuenzler Farm

Office of the Administrator - Annapolis Area - EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy visiting the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center , Environmental Protection Agency

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

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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

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

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

Events at Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California, marking federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance, with appearances by President George Bush, Secretary Gale Norton, and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, left to right

Secretary Gale Norton with Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge Manager Glenn Carowan, right, during visit to the Refuge, in Cambridge, Maryland. Norton worked with conservation volunteers and highlighted 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 the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Dayand Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

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

Secretary Gale Norton, center, exploring aquatic life during Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kuenzler family worked with federal, county, non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program torestore the wetland on the 154-acre Kuenzler Farm

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

Secretary Gale Norton, center, exploring aquatic life during Earth Day tour of restored wetland, Kuenzler Wildlife Habitat Preserve, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Kuenzler family worked with federal, county, non-profit partners under the Fish and Wildlife Service's Partners for Fish and Wildlife Program torestore the wetland on the 154-acre Kuenzler Farm

Groundbreaking event for the first phase of the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, Washington, D.C., with, left to right, D.C. Mayor Anthony Williams, Secretary Gale Norton, Secretary Gale Norton, Environmental Protection Agency head Christine Todd Whitman, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton

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

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far left, Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., third left, with National Park Service staff on Florida Everglades tour. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida EcosystemTask Force in Plantation, concerning Florida Everglades restoration

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 Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Photograph, used in preparation of Department of Interior power point presentation, drawn from coverage of the visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona

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

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to work alongside conservation volunteers on a reforestation project and to view results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, and 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 of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Acadia National Park, Maine for touring and discussions with National Park Service staff and conservation volunteers

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

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

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Dayand Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

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

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Secretary Gale Norton, and Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, left to right, among the dignitaries on hand for the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and for related tours of the area, including visit to the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, managed in part by the University of Montana

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

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

Secretary Gale Norton on tour of Cabrillo National Monument, San Diego, California, with Cabrillo Superintendent Terry DiMatto, right. Photograph was selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on Norton tenure

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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 Lubrecht Experimental Forest, 30 miles northeast of Missoula, managed in part by the University of Montana

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

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

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

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far left, Secretary Gale Norton, second from left, and Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., third left, with National Park Service staff on Florida Everglades tour. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida EcosystemTask Force in Plantation, concerning Florida Everglades restoration

Secretary Gale Norton visiting Oregon as part of the 2004 Take Pride in America Western Tour highlighting volunteer efforts on public lands

Secretary Gale Norton examining artifact during her tour of Casa Grande Ruins National Monument, near Coolidge, Arizona. The visit, including tours and discussions with National Park Service staff, was part of Secretary's Earth Day-related Western trip

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 Secretary Gale Norton to Acadia National Park, Maine for touring and discussions with National Park Service staff and conservation volunteers

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

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 Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Dayand Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

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

Staff on hand for Secretary Gale Norton's tour of Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, in advance of Earth Day. Norton worked alongside conservation volunteers and viewed results of cooperative federal, state, local, private, non-profit projects for wetlands restoration, reforestation, hazardous fuels reduction

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

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 of Secretary Gale Norton to the Craig Brook National Fish Hatchery in East Orland, Maine. Photograph was selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on Norton tenure

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 of Secretary Gale Norton to northwest Oregon for forest tours and discussions with Bureau of Land Management staff, lumber company officials, and others on logging practices, after President's announcement of Healthy Forests Initiative on forest thinning, underbrush clearing, controlled burns

National Park Foundation meeting at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials attending

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far left, and Secretary Gale Norton, center, with National Park Service staff on Florida Everglades tour. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force in Plantation, concerning Florida Everglades restoration

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

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

National Park Foundation meeting at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials attending

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 Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, Secretary Gale Norton, and Idaho Governor Dirk Kempthorne, left to right, among the dignitaries on hand for the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, Montana, and for related tours of the area, including visit to the Lubrecht Experimental Forest, managed in part by the University of Montana

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

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 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 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 of Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials to Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota to promote the health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US. Officials also participated in Kids Fishing Day at nearby Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, for touring of the Estate Grange Alexander Hamilton Boyhood Home, the Juan F. Luis Hospital, and other natural and developed sites, as well as discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials. Secretary Kempthorne joined Virgin Islands Governor John de Jongh, Jr., Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Donna Christian Christiansen, and other leaders at a press conference and agreement signing event concerning grant awards for the benefit of the people and natural resources of the Virgin Islands.

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Day and Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Nisqually Tribe wetlands restoration site and Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge, Olympia, Washington, to mark 20 years of federal-local cooperative conservation of the Nisqually River Watershed

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Acadia National Park, Maine for touring and discussions with National Park Service staff and conservation volunteers

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton and other Department of Interior officials to Harriet Island Regional Park, St. Paul, Minnesota to promote the health, fitness, and outdoor appreciation initiative, Get Fit With US. Officials also participated in Kids Fishing Day at nearby Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge

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

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Las Cienegas National Conservation Area, Arizona, for touring and discussions highlighting the increased federal funding projected for Las Cienegas in the fiscal year 2004 budget

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, in advance of Earth Day, to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to view results of a cooperative federal, state, local, private project for hazardous fuels reduction on 900 acres of the Refuge, involving partners ranging from the Fish and Wildlife Service to local volunteer fire departments

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

Assistant Secretary for Land and Minerals Management, Rebecca Watson, left, among the dignitaries visiting Montana for participation in the Western Governors' Association Forest Health Summit in Missoula, and for tours of the area, including stop at the Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company plant in Seeley Lake

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

National Park Foundation meeting at Great Smoky Mountains National Park, with Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and National Park Service Director Fran Mainella among the Interior officials attending

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park, Maryland, for tours, promotion of National Public Lands Day and Take Pride in America volunteer projects, and announcement of fee-free day at public lands for September 18, 2004

Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, Cambridge, Maryland, to highlight cooperative conservation and volunteer efforts, including Take Pride in America Award winning project led by high school student Adam Brooks to construct an observation platform enhancing a hiking trail on restored land

Yosemite National Park, California, visited by Secretary Gale Norton for tours, discussions with National Park Service staff, and speeches promoting Yosemite infrastructure improvement project plans and highlighting Earth Day themes

Secretary Gale Norton, left, with President George Bush during tour of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California.Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, far left, Florida Congressman E. Clay Shaw, Jr., second from left, and Secretary Gale Norton, third left, with National Park Service staff on Florida Everglades tour. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida EcosystemTask Force in Plantation, concerning Florida Everglades restoration

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