Official Visits and Tours

Photos of officials touring natural areas and facilities, pointing and discussing environmental topics, surrounded by nature.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to New Orleans area, Louisiana, where he met and toured with Fish and Wildlife Service staff

Office of Water - Lake Manassas , Environmental Protection Agency

Acting Secretary P. Lynn Scarlett and other Interior officials and staff joining Take Pride in America volunteers for cleanup event, along the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, organized by the environmental action group, Living Lands and Waters

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor

Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area Superintendent Woody Smeck, National Park Service Director Fran Mainella, and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right, during Secretary's visit to the Recreation Area in Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

Office of the Administrator - Lake Champlain Basin Program, Vermont , Environmental Protection Agency

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne on visit to New Orleans area, Louisiana, where he met and toured with Fish and Wildlife Service staff

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Emergency Planning and Security - Wall Township, N. J. , October 15, 2011 Robert Knight and Susan Langhoff, FEMA Private Sector Specialists along with Richard Adkins, FEMA Community Relations Specialist assisted the Monmouth Council - Boy Scouts of America earn their Emergency Preparedness Badge during their Camporee held at Allaire State Park in Wall Township, NJ. New Jersey Hurricane Irene. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Puget Sound, Washington, where he visited the U.S. Geological Survey's (USGS) Western Fisheries Research Center, participated in discussions and tours of the USGS Puget Sound Cooperative Restoration Project, and conducted a Restoration Project-related press conference, along with Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission Chairman Billy Frank

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring with Fish and Wildlife Service personnel during New Orleans, Louisiana visit

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Theodore Roosevelt National Park, Medora, North Dakota, for touring of the Elkhorn Ranch Unit with North Dakota Governor John Hoeven and National Park Service staff including Theodore Roosevelt National Park Superintendent, Valerie Naylor

Office of the Administrator (Lisa P. Jackson) - Various Images (BP Oil Spill) - USEPA photo by Eric Vance , Environmental Protection Agency

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 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 Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

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

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. -- At NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida, media learn about the future plans for Launch Pad 39B from Ed Mango, NASA's Space Transportation Planning Office director. If appropriations are provided for NASA's current Authorization Act, those plans would include a robust commercial space program with multiple customers, multiple providers and multiple systems that take Americans to the International Space Station and other low-Earth orbit destinations.

Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education - River Cleanup , Environmental Protection Agency

Hurricane Katrina

Federalsburg, MD, June 28, 2006 A FEMA Public Assistance (PA) Damage Assessment Team at the site of damage to a rail road line. 4 days of heavy rain flooded creeks and damaged several roads and bridges in the area. .. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., for touring, discussions with National Park Service and U.S. Park Police staff

While filming at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge, Paul Heimowitz explains how a breeding pair of nutria can multiply to 16,000 in just three years. The USFWS and Pangolin Film's have joined in an effort to create awareness surrounding the dang. Subjects: Invasive species; Interpretation; Photography; Mammals; Rodents; Work of the Service; Wildlife management; Wildlife refuges; Employees (USFWS); Education. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: TUALATIN RIVER NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Photograph, from coverage of Secretary's visit to northwest Oregon in wake of President's announcement of Healthy Forests Initiative, selected for use in preparation of Department of Interior video on tenure of departing Secretary Gale Norton

Birdwatching from overlook at it's finest. Subjects: Birdwatching; Connecting people with nature; Environmental education; Equipment; Leisure activities; Photography; Public access; Recreation; Recreation sites; Tourism; Wildlife viewing; Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges. Location: Texas. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: LAGUNA ATASCOSA NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Educational progamme at Midway Atoll. Tourists and volunteers help pull invasive plant species not native of Midway and re-plant native species.

Refuge volunteer provides directions. Subjects: Volunteers; Wildlife refuges. Location: Mississippi. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: MISSISSIPPI SANDHILL CRANE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

City Mayors from Stockton, Tooele, Vernon and Grantsville observe the Pioneer Cemetery at Tooele Army Depot (TEAD), commending TEAD on their historical preservation and environmental resiliency projects at TEAD during their tour of the facilities on April 07, 2022.

Secretary Dirk Kempthorne touring with Fish and Wildlife Service staff during Minnesota visit

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

LEWISVILLE, Texas (Aug. 2, 2022) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Fort Worth District, Dam Safety Project Manager Stacy Gray, left, discusses Lewisville Dam Spillway operations with U.S. Congressman Michael C. Burgess, M.D., Representative serving Texas' 26th Congressional District, and staff, during a visit to Lewisville Lake. Rep. Burgess and staff visited the lake for a tour of the Lewisville Dam and an update on the Lewisville Dam Safety Modification. The Dam Safety Modification is a result of a March 2014 risk assessment where Lewisville Dam was confirmed as a high-urgency dam primarily due to potential loss of life consequences. The potential for internal erosion, embankment instability, or spillway instability or uplift could all result in a significant loss of life if they adversely affected the integrity of the dam. The likelihood of those failures occurring is low and will be lower still after the project, but risk will remain high due to the potential loss of life and economic

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Colorado Springs, Colo. , July 23, 2012 FEMA Deputy Administrator Rich Serino visits a home in the Mountain Shadows neighborhood in Colorado Springs, Colo. where fire mitigation efforts by the homeowner protected the house from wildfire damage... Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

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 Pyramid Mountain Lumber Company plant in Seeley Lake

Ralph Waycott, far left, volunteer coordinator for the Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery, with President George Bush and Secretary Gale Norton, left to right, during Presidential visit to the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, Thousand Oaks, California. Visit highlighted the federal budget commitment to National Park system maintenance

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to southwestern Idaho for aerial touring, and stop in Owyhee County for meetings and tours with Shoshone Paiute Tribal leaders and Bureau of Land Management staff

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

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

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

Experts on locust control discuss pest situation in operation area, Hasina Rakotovao, Annie Monard, Jean-Marie Legrand and Augustin Tsifanary, Miandrivazo Airport, Madagascar

FWS employee points to markings on one of two historic lighthouses on Lighthouse Island, Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Buildings, facilities and structures; Wildlife refuges. Location: South Carolina. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: CAPE ROMAIN NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. . 1998 - 2011.

Bill Hatton, Bureau of Land Management Siuslaw Field Manager; Tim Whitley, Willamette Resources and Educational Network; Kitty Piercy, Eugene Mayor; at the West Eugene Wetlands project office November 2, 2006

Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding, Lano County, TX, July 17, 2007 FEMA's Hazard Mitigation specialist Patrick Holloway, County Commissioner Johnnie Heck and SBA's Nick Poulos inspect a damaged home while on an Individual Assistance Preliminary Damage Assessment tour. Bob McMillan/ FEMA Photo.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Pacific Islands Tour: Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to Guam, U.S. Territory

Public Assistance Specialist Inspects a Damaged Culvert.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to Williamsburg, Virginia, for Colonial National Historical Park touring, discussions with National Park Service Director Mary Bomar and Colonial National Historical Park staff, and keynote address at the 2007 National Association of State Park Directors and National Park Service Leadership Council Conference

Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 13, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone and Young Air Assault Strip where theres lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies.

Members of the Natural Resources Foundation of Wisconsin participate in a butterfly field day July 13, 2022, on South Post at Fort McCoy, Wis. The excursion on post was led by Endangered Species Biologist Jessup Weichelt with the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch. The group stopped at areas in Badger Drop Zone and Young Air Assault Strip where theres lots of natural habitat for butterflies. Fort McCoy is home to several thriving species of endangered butterflies.

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

FEMA Community Relations Worker at Benefit Concert in AL. Alabama Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-line Winds, and Flooding. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Activities at the National Park Service Superintendents Summit, Cliff Lodge and environs, Snowbird, Utah, with Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, National Park Service Director Mary Bomar, and Utah Governor Jon Huntsman, Jr. among the officials on hand

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

A USFWS employee performs a satisfaction survey with visitors to the William L. Finley National Wildlife Refuge. Subjects: Wildlife refuges; Visitor services; Connecting people with nature; volunteers. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: WILLIAM L. FINLEY NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Baskett Slough visitors. Subjects: Connecting people with nature; Birdwatching; Wildlife viewing; Wildlife refuges. Location: Oregon. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BASKETT SLOUGH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne and aides to St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, for tour of Virgin Islands National Park and other natural and developed sites, discussions with National Park Service personnel and Virgin Islands officials, and press conference at the National Park Service Dock Visitor Center concerning acquisition of land for new school construction

Visit of Secretary Dirk Kempthorne to the National Interagency Fire Center in Boise, Idaho, where he joined Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, Idaho Lieutenant Governor Jim Risch, and other officials for meetings, tours of the facility and surrounding area, and press conference on fire season preparations

Big Branch Marsh National Wildlife Refuge Law Enforcement officer checks for compliance of fishing licence. Subjects: Aquatic environments; Connecting people with nature; Emblems; Employees (USFWS); Fishing; Icons; Law enforcement; Personnel; Public access; Recreation; Resource management; Service patch; Sport fishing; Tourism; Uniforms; Visitor services; Wildlife refuge. Location: Louisiana. Fish and Wildlife Service Site: BIG BRANCH MARSH NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.

Forester Charles Mentzel with the Forestry Office of the Directorate of Public Works Environmental Division Natural Resources Branch provides opening remarks as Fort McCoy, Wis., held its annual Arbor Day celebration April 29, 2022, west of Gate 5 on the cantonment area at the installation. During the observance, Fort McCoy Garrison leadership and other installation personnel helped children from the post Child Development Center plant hundreds of trees. The post also received its 33rd Tree City USA award from the National Arbor Day Foundation (NADF) during the celebration.

The USACE team welcomed Representative Chris Jacobs of New York's 27th District for a visit at the Mount Morris Dam and Recreation Area this week. We gave Rep. Jacobs a personal view of the vital role the dam plays in keeping surrounding communities safe. The dam, which is situated deep in the Genesee River Gorge at the northern end of Letchworth State Park, provides flood protection to downstream areas including the city of Rochester, and offers a variety of recreational opportunities to visitors.

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

City of Virginia Beach and Norfolk District, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers hosted Virginia Sen. Bill DeSteph, Virginia Marine Resources Commission and Broad Bay Civic League representatives for tour of the proposed area for the Lynnhaven River Ecosystem Restoration Project, Part 2: Reef Oct. 25, 2022, Broad Bay, Virginia Beach, Va.

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