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Nature Tours and Environmental Advocacy

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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
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Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to the Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Bloomington, Minnesota, for tours and participation in Kids Fishing Day events
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, left, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey ofthe extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials
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Office of Water - Student Environmental Development Program (SEDP) , Environmental Protection Agency
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Office of the Deputy Administrator - World Water Monitoring Day. America's Clean Water Foundation, International Water Association. , Environmental Protection Agency
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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
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Secretary Gale Norton on boat tour of the Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge in the northern Everglades. Norton's Florida visit also included participation in a meeting of the South Florida Ecosystem Task Force on Florida Everglades restoration. Photograpah was used in Interior video on the Norton tenure
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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
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President George Bush, left, receiving briefing from Ralph Waycott, volunteer coordinator for the Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery, during Presidential visit to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park systemmaintenance
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Secretary Gale Norton, other Department of Interior officials at tree-planting and related outdoor events around National Mall, Washington, D.C., marking final days of Norton tenure
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Office of the Administrator - Portland and Seattle , Environmental Protection Agency
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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
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, to view the renovation project for the historic Cliff House, set to open in August, 2004
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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
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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
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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
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Emmonak, Alaska, July 15, 2013 The Deputy State Coordinating Officer Sam Walton (R) and Federal Coordinating Officer Dolph A. Diemont (L) meet and discuss the FEMA programs which will assist in the recovery efforts after severe flooding crippled the entire infrastructure. Federal funding in the form of Public Assistance (PA) is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments and certain nonprofit organizations on a cost sharing basis for emergency work and the repair or replacement of facilities damaged by the flooding in the Alaska Gateway Regional Educational Attendance Area (REAA), Copper River REAA, Lower Yukon REAA, Yukon Flats REAA, and the Yukon-Koyukuk REAA. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Flooding Severe Storm - Nashville, Tenn. , May 8, 2010 DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano and FEMA Administrator W. Craig Fugate listen to a West Hamilton Ave. (Bordeaux-Nashville) resident describe the flooding of his home. FEMA is responding to severe storms and flooding that damaged or destroyed thousands of homes across Tennessee in May 2010. David Fine/FEMA. Tennessee Severe Storms, Flooding, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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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
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Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Chesapeake Bay Press Conference - Kingman Island Park , Environmental Protection Agency
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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
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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
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Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - EPA's Office of Water Earth Day 2006 Activity at Rock Creek Park , Environmental Protection Agency
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Secretary Gale Norton, far left, and Acting Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Aurene Martin, far right, visiting the Barona Reservation, home ofthe Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey of the extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire. Photograph was used in Interior video on Norton era
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Visit by Secretary Gale Norton to Cabrillo National Monument and the Old Point Loma Lighthouse, San Diego, California, as part of her Earth Day 2004 Western tour
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, left, to the Barona Reservation, home of the Barona Band of Mission Indians, near Lakeside, California, for survey ofthe extensive damage caused by the Cedar fire and discussions with federal and tribal officials
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco, California, to view the renovation project for the historic Cliff House, set to open in August, 2004
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Refuge employees often work in partnership with local authorities. Subjects: Law enforcement; Partnerships; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Uniforms; Service patch. Location: Mississippi. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: GRAND BAY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, at Norton's left, to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents
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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
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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
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Office of the Administrator (Stephen L. Johnson) - EPA's Office of Water Earth Day 2006 Activity at Rock Creek Park , Environmental Protection Agency
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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
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Office of the Administrator - Los Angeles, California , Environmental Protection Agency
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Photograph, from coverage of Secretary Gale Norton's visit to Louisiana to tour the Bayou Sauvage National Wildlife Refuge and the Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge near New Orleans, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on the Norton tenure
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FEMA mobile housing unit set up. Mississippi Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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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
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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
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Galena, AK, September 8, 2013 FEMA Regional Administrator Ken Murphy interviews with the media regarding the FEMA mission for the disaster survivors affected by recent flooding. FEMA, the State of Alaska and their partners are working closely together to assist those who were impacted and get them back on the road to recovery. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Mayflower, AR, May 4, 2014 - Disaster survivor Judy Garrett (center) receives comfort from U.S. Senator Mark Pryor (left) on Plantation Drive in Mayflower, Arkansas, after Mayflower was struck by an EF-4 tornado on April 27. FEMA assists individuals and supports local, state and tribal governments in their recovery efforts following natural disasters. Arkansas Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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Secretary Gale Norton inspecting examples of wildlife reintroduced into the Anacostia River Watershed, during visit for the Washington, D.C. groundbreaking event for the Anacostia Riverwalk Trail, a public-private partnership project involving D.C. government, National Park Service, environmental groups
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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
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Severe Storms and Tornadoes, Enterprise, AL, March 5, 2007 FEMA representative Sharriff Perdue (left) and Alabama representative Pete McGough hang signs to direct residents affected by the Alabama tornadoes to the Disaster Recovery Center (DRC) located at the Enterprise Civic Center. DRCs are set up so residents affected by disasters have a place to go to ask questions about the FEMA recovery process. Mark Wolfe/FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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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
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, at Norton's left, to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents
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Galena, Alaska, June 30, 2013 Local contractors sort debris at the local landfill by seperating the waste into piles for recyclables, non toxic waste and high toxicity level waste. Federal funding in the form of Public Assistance and Individual Assistance is available to state, tribal and eligible local governments. Adam DuBrowa/ FEMA.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials
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A USFWS employee performs a satisfaction survey with visitors to the Willaim L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Visitor services; Connecting people with nature; volunteers; signs. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: WILLIAM L. FINLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
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Visit of Secretary Gale Norton, with Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum, far left, to Horseshoe Curve, Altoona, Pennsylvania, to mark efforts led by Santorum to reclaim abandoned mine lands and remove health, safety dangers for nearby residents
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National Fish Habitat Action Plan signing event, with Acting Interior Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett joining Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies (AFWA) President John Cooper, and AFWA Executive Vice President John Baughman in the commitment to measures aimed at promoting public-private fish habitat partnerships across the country, and protection of all healthy and intact habitats by 2015, among other goals
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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 Northern Forest Fire Laboratory at the Forest Service's Intermountain Forest and Range Experiment Station
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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
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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
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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
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Muxia (La Coruña), 12/03/2002. Visit of HM the King accompanied by Rajoy and Fraga to the town of Muxia, where the cleanup work continues after the Prestige fuel spill. Photo: Jaime García. ARCHDC.